Utah legislation · 2026 General Session
Utah HB374: Speech, Language, and Hearing Occupations Licensing Amendments
Status: Signed into law, March 18, 2026
This bill modifies the regulations for hearing professionals.
What the bill says
An act listed in Subsection (1) in accordance with Section 58-1-401 . Section 21. Section 58-41-501 is enacted to read: 5. Unlawful and Unprofessional Conduct - Penalties 58-41-501 Effective 05/06/26 . Unprofessional conduct. A licensed individual engages in unprofessional conduct if the individual: (1) fails to make an appropriate referral to a qualified health care provider with respect to a condition the licensed individual detects in a patient if the condition is generally recognized in the profession as one the licensed individual should refer; (2) designates a hearing instrument for a pa.
From the enrolled text, March 6, 2026:
an act listed in Subsection (1) in accordance with Section 58-1-401 . Section 21. Section 58-41-501 is enacted to read: 5. Unlawful and Unprofessional Conduct - Penalties 58-41-501 Effective 05/06/26 . Unprofessional conduct. A licensed individual engages in unprofessional conduct if the individual: (1) fails to make an appropriate referral to a qualified health care provider with respect to a condition the licensed individual detects in a patient if the condition is generally recognized in the profession as one the licensed individual should refer; (2) designates a hearing instrument for a patient whose hearing will not be sufficiently improved to justify prescribing and selling the hearing instrument; (3) makes false, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, or exaggerated claims with respect to the practice of audiology or the practice of speech-language pathology; (4) fails to exercise caution in providing a patient a prognosis to ensure the patient is not led to expect results that the individual cannot accurately predict; (5) fails to provide appropriate follow-up care and consultation with respect to a patient to whom the individual prescribed and sold a hearing instrument after being informed by the patient that the hearing instrument does not produce the results represented by the licensed individual; (6) fails to disclose in writing to the patient the charge for all services and hearing instruments prescribed and sold …