# Florida law makes evaluating communication and swallowing disorders licensed practice: no person may practise speech-language pathology unless licensed

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-19970701-speech-language-pathologist-6
Date: 1997-07-01 · Stage: Constraint
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Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/speech-language-pathologist

## Scope

Florida, United States. The statute defines the practice of speech-language pathology as the prevention, identification, evaluation and treatment of disorders of human communication and related oral and pharyngeal competencies, with disorders including mastication and deglutition, and says no person shall knowingly practise it unless licensed. The definition was last amended by chapter 97-264, effective 1 July 1997; read in the 2026 edition. It binds persons, not tools: it does not say whether screening software used under a licensee's supervision is restricted.

## Source

- The Florida Legislature — The 2026 Florida Statutes, sections 468.1125 (Definitions) and 468.1285 (Prohibitions; penalties), as last amended in 1997 — https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0468/Sections/0468.1285.html (primary source)

## What this means

In Florida, evaluating a person's communication or swallowing is reserved to a licensed person.

## What it does not show yet

One state's licensing law; it binds people, not software used under a licensee's supervision.

## How to verify it yourself

Open Florida Statutes section 468.1285 and find "unless the person is licensed pursuant to this part".


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