Excepciones a las limitaciones en la práctica de audiología

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que algunas personas pueden hacer pruebas de audición sin ser audiólogos. Por ejemplo, un profesor que enseña sobre problemas de comunicación o alguien que trabaja en salud pública puede hacerlo si sigue ciertas reglas.

Es como cuando un chef puede enseñar a cocinar sin tener un título oficial, siempre y cuando no se presente como un chef profesional con licencia.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Laura es profesora en una universidad y está enseñando sobre trastornos de la comunicación. Ella puede realizar investigaciones y enseñar sobre el tema, pero no puede ofrecer tratamientos de audiología a sus estudiantes ni presentarse como audióloga, ya que no tiene la licencia para eso.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 333.16807 - Limitations; exceptions Sec. 16807. This part does not limit any of the following: (a) An individual employed by a regionally accredited college or university and involved with research or the teaching of communication disorders from performing those duties for which he or she is employed by that institution, as long as the individual does not engage in the practice of audiology or hold himself or herself out as licensed or otherwise authorized under this article as an audiologist. (b) An individual who is employed by the department of community health in 1 of its approved hearing screening training programs from conducting screening of hearing sensitivity. (c) An individual certified by an agency acceptable to the occupational health standards commission from engaging in hearing screening as part of a hearing conservation program in compliance with standards adopted under the Michigan occupational safety and health act, 1974 PA 154, MCL 408.1001 to 408.1094. (d) A certified, licensed, registered, or otherwise statutorily recognized member of another profession, including a person licensed in the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery and an unlicensed or licensed person to whom tasks have been delegated under his or her supervision, and including a person licensed under article 13 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.1301 to 339.1309, from practicing his or her profession as authorized by law, so long as the individual does not hold himself or herself out to the public as possessing a license issued or title protected under this article.