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LA HB925
Bill
Status
2/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
Chance Henry
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AI Summary
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Removes the requirement for a physician referral before audiologists can provide services for vestibular system disorders
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Permits audiologists to order cultures, blood work testing, and radiographic imaging solely related to auditory or vestibular conditions in the human ear
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Authorizes audiologists to order and perform in-office non-radiographic testing of the external auditory canal for hearing and balance disorder evaluations
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Prohibits audiologists from performing surgery (including with lasers, scalpels, needles, cautery, cryoprobes, or sutures), osseointegrated device surgery, and cochlear implant surgery
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Prohibits audiologists from preparing, operating, or performing radiographic imaging, and from using or interpreting cultures, blood work, or imaging to diagnose or treat patients
Legislative Description
Provides relative to the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology
SPEECH/PATH/AUDIO
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
3/9/2026