# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 2. Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-language Pathologists, and Music Therapists

### Subtitle 4

#### Section 2-402.3

(a) Unless authorized to practice as a speech-language pathology assistant under this title or unless otherwise provided for under this article, a person may not represent to the public, by title, description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person:

  (1) Is authorized to practice as a speech-language pathology assistant in the State; or

  (2) Assists in the practice of speech-language pathology.

(b) Unless authorized to practice as a speech-language pathology assistant under this title or unless otherwise provided for under this article, a person may not use any word or term connoting professional proficiency  in assisting the practice of speech-language pathology, including:

  (1) "Communication assistant";

  (2) "Speech assistant";

  (3) "Speech-language assistant";

  (4) "Speech-language teacher"; or

  (5) "Speech teacher".

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)