| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, this legislation authorizes the Department of | | Professional and Financial Regulation, Board of Examiners on | | Speech-language Pathology and Audiology to issue renewal | | registrations to speech-language pathology aides who held valid | | registrations on December 31, 2004, prior to the enactment of new | | requirements beginning January 1, 2005; and |
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| | | Whereas, if the Board of Examiners on Speech-language Pathology | | and Audiology is not granted additional authority, it will not be | | feasible for many speech-language pathology aides to comply with | | the new requirements for registration and they will therefore be | | denied an opportunity to continue providing a valuable service to | | the citizens of the State; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. Transition provisions. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 32, section 6004, subsection 2, the Department of | | Professional and Financial Regulation, Board of Examiners on | | Speech-language Pathology and Audiology is authorized to delay | | application of the requirements of Title 32, section 6004, | | subsection 2 to speech-language pathology aides who held valid | | registrations on December 31, 2004. These registrants will be | | accorded not less than 2 years but no more than 4 years to comply | | with these requirements. This transition is not intended to | | prevent timely consideration by the Board of Examiners on Speech- | | language Pathology and Audiology of applications for registration | | for individuals who have or will have complied with the | | requirements under Title 32, section 6004, subsection 2. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | | This bill provides speech-language pathology aides additional | | time to meet the requirements for registration as speech-language | | pathology assistants. |
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