Purpose: The purpose of these regulations is to safeguard the public's health,

Purpose: The purpose of these regulations is to safeguard the public's health, safety, and welfare by establishing minimum qualifications and creating exclusive titles corresponding to the level of qualifications for individuals who wish to offer speech-language pathology or audiology services to the public. Further, in order to insure the highest degree of professional conduct by those engaged in offering speech-language pathology or audiology services to the public, it is the purpose of these regulations to provide and impose disciplinary sanctions, be they civil or criminal, against persons who do not meet or adhere to the procedures, qualifications, and standards set out in these regulations.