What it is
Law creating the General Council of Speech Therapist Associations
BOE step 7 of 7 · PassedIt is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 30 September 2002. Introduced by: Gobierno.
Official title: Government bill creating the General Council of Speech Therapist Colleges.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000110· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The law creates the General Council of Colleges of Speech Therapists as a public law corporation, with legal personality and full capacity to pursue its purposes under the law.
- The Council deals with the State Administration through the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs.
- Within two months, a managing committee will be set up with one representative from each association of speech therapists created by an autonomous community. The committee has six months to draft provisional bylaws, which the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs will check and, if needed, publish in the official state gazette.
- The Council is formally constituted and gains legal personality once its governing bodies are formed under the provisional bylaws. Within one year it must draft the final bylaws, to be approved by the Government at the proposal of the Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs.
Who it affects
- Licensed speech therapists: They will have a general council bringing together the professional associations of their field.
- Colleges of speech therapists: Each one will appoint a representative to the managing committee that sets up the Council.
- Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs: It will be the Council's channel to the State Administration and will review the provisional bylaws.
Words worth knowing
- Corporación de derecho público
- An official body created by law that represents a profession and has legal capacity to act.
- Comisión gestora
- A temporary committee in charge of getting the new organization up and running.
- Estatutos
- Internal rules that set out how an organization is structured and runs.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.
- Introduced30 September 2002Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted4 October 2002The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendments8 October 2002Groups propose changes.
- Committee11 November 2002A committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
- Senate27 November 2002The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOE26 February 2003It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
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Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
What happens next
What happens now?
It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.
The same initiative in the other chamber:
- VII Legislature, Senate Government bill creating the General Council of Speech Therapist Colleges.
Published in the BOE: Law 1/2003, of March 10, creating the General Council of Speech Therapist Colleges.
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000110
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- BOE, BOE-A-2003-4924
The law as published.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
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