Sections
47 entriesSection 2538.10Defines for the article “advertise” broadly to cover listed and future methods of publicizing hearing-aid fitting or sales; “license” as a hearing…Section 2538.11Defines fitting or selling hearing aids to include selection, adaptation, ear observation, related hearing testing, ear impressions, fitting or sale, and postfitting…Section 2538.12Allows a licensee to conduct hearing screenings at health fairs or similar events using a binary puretone screening at a preset intensity…Section 2538.13Prohibits a hearing aid dispenser, when fitting hearing aids, from taking facial measurements or fitting, adjusting, or adapting lenses or spectacle frames.…Section 2538.14Defines “hearing aid dispenser” for the article as a person engaged in fitting or selling hearing aids to an individual with impaired…Section 2538.15Defines “sell” or “sale” as any transfer of title or transfer of the right to use through a lease, bailment, or any…Section 2538.16Requires the board to maintain a record of every prosecution for violations of the article and every license-applicant examination it holds. Requires…Section 2538.17Allows the board to recommend a hearing-aid fitting and selection course, require applicants to complete it or otherwise show necessary qualifications, and…Section 2538.18Requires all licensed hearing-aid fitters and sellers to continue their education after licensure and, as a renewal condition, submit satisfactory documentation of…Section 2538.20Prohibits unlicensed individuals from fitting, selling, or advertising hearing-aid services, but allows organizations with established business addresses to conduct retail hearing-aid businesses…Section 2538.21Exempts from the article a person fitting hearing aids for a governmental agency, private clinic, accredited higher-education curriculum, or a public, charitable,…Section 2538.22Exempts from the article a licensed physician and surgeon who does not directly or indirectly sell or offer hearing aids for sale.…Section 2538.23Allows catalog or direct-mail hearing-aid sales when the seller is California-licensed, provides no fitting, selection, adaptation, or ear-impression advice, and receives a…Section 2538.24Requires each person seeking a license to fit or sell hearing aids to apply to the board using the form and manner…Section 2538.25Requires the board to prepare, approve, grade, and conduct hearing-aid-dispenser licensing examinations, while allowing outside preparation and grading if the board sets…Section 2538.26Requires the board to issue a hearing-aid-dispenser license to an individual who satisfies the chapter, is at least 18 years old, has…Section 2538.27Allows a one-year, nonrenewable temporary hearing-aid-dispenser license for an applicant with a qualifying out-of-state license, no formal discipline, and two immediately preceding…Section 2538.28Allows a qualifying applicant supervised by a board-approved hearing aid dispenser to receive a six-month trainee license and permits up to two…Section 2538.29Requires a licensed trainee to take the licensure examination within 12 months after the trainee license is issued. Sets expiration for failure…Section 2538.30Prohibits temporary and trainee hearing-aid licensees from being sole proprietors of, managing, or independently operating businesses that fit or sell hearing aids.…Section 2538.31Requires the board to hold practical examinations at least twice each year. The board must fix the time and place of each…Section 2538.32Requires an applicant to achieve the passing score established by the Angoff criterion-referenced method to pass each examination. Requires passage of the…Section 2538.33Requires hearing-aid licensees, before fitting or selling hearing aids, to notify the board in writing of every intended practice address and to…Section 2538.34Requires hearing-aid licensees to maintain a registered retail business address routinely open for customer service and generally obtain a duplicate license for…Section 2538.35Requires a hearing-aid seller, before selling a device using proprietary or locked programming software, to give the purchaser a signed written warning…Section 2538.36Requires a hearing-aid licensee to recommend written physician referral before fitting or selling when listed ear conditions exist, including symptoms within the…Section 2538.37Prohibits a licensed hearing-aid seller from selling a hearing aid to a person age 16 or younger unless, within the preceding six…Section 2538.38Requires a hearing-aid licensee, after each sale, to keep fitting and sale records at the office or business for seven years and…Section 2538.39Requires a hearing aid dispenser who owns, manages, or is the franchisee of a location where hearing aids are fitted or sold…Section 2538.40Requires the board, when denying a license application, to give written notice stating the reason and the applicant’s right to a hearing…Section 2538.41Allows the board, before setting aside a license revocation or suspension or modifying a licensee's probation, to require the petitioner to pass…Section 2538.42Sets any violation of the article as a misdemeanor punishable, upon conviction, by 10 days to one year in county jail, a…Section 2538.43Prohibits selling, bartering, offering to sell, or offering to barter any license issued by the board. The prohibition applies to both completed…Section 2538.44Prohibits purchasing or obtaining by barter any license issued by the board when the person intends to use that license as evidence…Section 2538.45Prohibits materially altering a license issued by the board when the alteration is made with fraudulent intent. The unlawful-conduct rule requires both…Section 2538.46Prohibits using or attempting to use as valid any board-issued license that was purchased, fraudulently issued, counterfeited, or materially altered. The restriction…Section 2538.47Prohibits willfully making a materially false statement in an application to take a board examination for a license. The unlawful-conduct rule applies…Section 2538.48Prohibits fitting or selling hearing aids in the state unless the person, at the time of the activity, holds a valid license…Section 2538.49Prohibits a licensed hearing aid dispenser from fitting or selling a hearing aid unless the dispenser first complies with applicable state fitting…Section 2538.50Prohibits a person from advertising, displaying a sign, or otherwise holding themselves out as fitting or selling hearing aids without a valid,…Section 2538.51Prohibits engaging in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids unless the licensee has and maintains an established business address that…Section 2538.52Requires the article’s provisions to apply whenever persons licensed under the article conduct tests in connection with fitting and selling hearing aids.…Section 2538.53Sets a hearing-aid license to expire at midnight on its assigned renewal date and requires timely renewal on the board’s form with…Section 2538.54Allows an expired hearing-aid license, unless the article provides otherwise, to be renewed within three years by filing the prescribed application and…Section 2538.55Requires suspended hearing-aid licenses to be renewed despite suspension but prohibits practice until reinstatement, and bars renewal of revoked licenses. Requires a…Section 2538.56Bars renewal, restoration, reissuance, or reinstatement of a hearing-aid license not renewed within three years after expiration. Allows a new license if…Section 2538.57Sets fees at $75 for first applications, with a $50 refund for examination-ineligible applicants; actual-cost examination fees; $100 for initial and renewed…