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Speech and Hearing Professionals Board outlines licensing and enforcement role, requests modest budget
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Greg Thornton, executive director of the Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board, testified on board operations, licensing volume, enforcement activity and a modest biennial budget request tied to licensing and a new practical exam.
Greg Thornton, executive director of the Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board, told the House Education Committee the board licenses about 11,000 professionals who work in settings ranging from schools to hospitals and that the agency is self‑funded through licensure fees.
Thornton said the board issues roughly 400 initial licenses per year and processes more than 10,000 renewal applications every two years. He described the enforcement program, noting a full‑time investigator and a recent referral that led to prosecution for unlicensed…
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