Sec. 1. It is declared to be a policy of the state of Indiana that in order to:
(1) safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare;
(2) protect the public from being misled by incompetent, unscrupulous, and unauthorized persons and from unprofessional conduct on the part of qualified speech-language pathologists and audiologists; and
(3) help assure the availability of the highest possible quality speech-language pathology and audiology services to a person with a communication disability of this state;
it is necessary to provide regulatory authority over persons offering speech-language pathology and audiology services to the public.