Advocacy
Current NCAA Legislative and Policy Issues
Planning for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session
Passage of H125 with our "statutory update" language included was a milestone in the association's advocacy efforts. With the passage of this legislation audiologists can be assured they are able to practice at the top of their license.
During the 2024 legislative session we have been working to pass legislation that will end the "dual licensure" provision for audiologists with a master's level degree and for audiology technicians and assistants. The legislative session this year has been marked by a lot of inaction. We will continue to press on with our work and hopefully we will be able to get this provision made into law. If not, then we are considering the following items for our 2025-2026 agenda:
- Ending the dual licensure requirement. (Assuming it is not passed in 2024.)
- Requiring the sellers of prescription hearing aids that are “locked” by the manufacturer to inform the purchasers of these devices that they are “locked” and can only be serviced by “authorized” technicians.
- Increase salary for school-based audiologists.
Your NCAA leadership along with your lobbyists are currently working on our legislative agenda.
If you have suggestions about issues that should be included please write to Tony Solari at solarigovernmentsolutions@
Exciting updates are available for NCAA members only both on this website and via your lobbyist’s periodic legislative/policy updates.
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Interstate Compact
At this time, the ASLP-IC has been enacted into law in 29 states. The ASLP-IC Commission held its first meeting in January 2022 to establish rules and bylaws to implement the compact. Committees are now meeting on a monthly basis to continue these meetings on a monthly basis. The meetings are open to the public, and you can find more information here.
The process of establishing the commission and operationalizing the compact typically takes 18 months to two years. Once the commission is fully operational and the member states are fully integrated in the compact’s data system, compact privileges to practice will become available. We currently anticipate that applications for compact privileges will open in early 2024.
Please see this page for updates from the ASLP-IC Commission.
The interactive state map lists the current ASLP-IC member states and other states proposing to join the ASLP-IC.
The current member states are: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Privilege to Practice
Once the Compact is fully operational, licensed audiologists and speech-language pathologists will be able to apply for a privilege to practice in-person and through telehealth in ASLP-IC states.
