California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 5.3 — Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and Hearing Aid DispensersArticle 9 — Dispensing AudiologistsSection 2539.8
No hearing aid shall be sold by an individual licensed as an audiologist under this chapter to a person 16 years of age or younger, unless within the preceding six months a recommendation for a hearing aid has been made by both a board-certified, or a board-eligible physician specializing in otolaryngology, and by a state licensed audiologist. A replacement of an identical hearing aid within one year shall be an exception to this requirement.
Notes
Prohibits an audiologist licensed under the chapter from selling a hearing aid to a person age 16 or younger unless, within the preceding six months, both an otolaryngology specialist who is board-certified or board-eligible and a state-licensed audiologist recommended it. Exempts replacement of an identical hearing aid within one year.
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