(1) Professionals such as social workers, nurses and speech and hearing therapists who are teaching in a classroom must have a teaching license appropriate for the level(s) and area(s) taught.
(2) Speech and hearing therapists engaged in school services in the public schools of Montana who issued grades or credits in the pupil's school program must be licensed under the regularly established teacher licensure requirements in speech and hearing association. For related school services which do not involve credits or promotion, the superintendent of public instruction shall recognize speech and hearing therapists licensed by the American speech and hearing association on the basis of professional association standards on file with the superintendent of public instruction.