Iowa Code § 154F.1 (2026)

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Audiologist” means a person who engages in the practice of audiology.

2. “Board” means the board of speech pathology and audiology established pursuant to section 147.14, subsection 1, paragraph “h”.

3. The “practice of audiology” means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, consultation, counseling, instruction, habilitation, rehabilitation, or remediation related to hearing and disorders of hearing and associated communication disorders for the purpose of nonmedically evaluating, identifying, preventing, ameliorating, modifying, or remediating such disorders and conditions in individuals or groups of individuals, including the determination and use of appropriate amplification.

4. The “practice of speech pathology” means the application of principles, methods, and procedures for the measurement, testing, evaluation, prediction, consultation, counseling, instruction, habilitation, rehabilitation, or remediation related to the development and disorders of speech, fluency, voice, or language for the purposes of nonmedically evaluating, preventing, ameliorating, modifying, or remediating such disorders and conditions in individuals or groups of individuals.

5. “Speech pathologist” means a person who engages in the practice of speech pathology. 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §71 \n