§ 5-49-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, except as the context may require: (1) “Audiologist” means a person who has been awarded a certificate of competency by the American Speech and Hearing Association and who is duly licensed by the department. (2) “Board” means the board of hearing aid dealers and fitters. (3) “Department” […]
§ 5-49-10. Notice to department of place of business — Notice to holders of license. (a) A person who holds a license shall notify the department, in writing, of the regular address of the place or places where he or she engages or intends to engage in the fitting or the sale of hearing aids. […]
§ 5-49-11. Duration of license — Renewal of license — Fees — Effect of failure to renew. (a) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations mandating the term of license for each category of license issued pursuant to this chapter. No license shall remain in force for a period in excess of two (2) years. […]
§ 5-49-12. Complaints — Grounds and proceedings for revocation or suspension of licenses. (a)(1) Any person wishing to make a complaint against a licensee under this chapter shall file this complaint, in writing, with the department, within one year from the date of the action upon which the complaint is based. (2) If the department […]
§ 5-49-13. Prohibited acts and practices. No person shall: (1) Sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter, a license; (2) Purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder’s qualifications to practice the fitting and sale of hearing aids; (3) Alter a license with fraudulent intent; […]
§ 5-49-14. Powers and duties of department. The powers and duties of the department shall be as follows: (1) To authorize all disbursements necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) To supervise issuance of licenses “by experience” and approve the preparation and administration of qualifying examinations to test the knowledge and proficiency […]
§ 5-49-15. Board — Creation — Composition — Appointment and terms. (a) There is established a board of hearing aid dealers and fitters that guides, advises, and makes recommendations to the department. (b)(1) Members of the board shall be residents of the state. (2) The board shall consist of three (3) hearing aid dealers and […]
§ 5-49-16. Board — Duties. (a) The board shall: (1) Advise the department in all matters relating to this chapter; (2) Prepare the examinations required by this chapter for the department; and (3) Assist the department in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (b) The department shall be guided by the recommendations of the […]
§ 5-49-17. Board — Meetings. The board shall meet not less than six (6) times each year at a place, day, and hour determined by the board. The board shall also meet at any other times and places as requested by the department. History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 341, […]
§ 5-49-18. Disposition of receipts — Hearing aid revenues. The department shall deposit, as general revenues into the state treasury, all moneys received by the department pursuant to this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 26.
§ 5-49-19. Penalty for violations. Violation of any provisions of this chapter shall be punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both. History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 243, § 1.
§ 5-49-2. License required to sell or fit hearing aids. (a) No person shall engage in the dispensing, selling, fitting of hearing aids, or display a sign, or in any other way advertise or represent himself or herself as a person who practices the fitting and sale of hearing aids after August 1, 1973, unless […]
§ 5-49-2.1. Certificates of need. (a) No person, firm, association, or corporation shall sell or attempt to sell, or make available, any hearing aid instrument or hearing prosthetic device to a prospective consumer or purchaser, unless that consumer or purchaser has first obtained and presented to the seller a certificate of need on forms prescribed […]
§ 5-49-2.2. Records of transactions. (a) Every person, firm, association, or corporation shall keep a permanent record of all sales or other transactions where a hearing aid instrument or hearing prosthetic device is made available. (b) Each record of a transaction shall have attached to it the certificate of need presented by the prospective purchaser. […]
§ 5-49-2.3. Penalty for violations of §§ 5-49-2.1 and 5-49-2.2. Any person, firm, association, or corporation who or that sells or attempts to sell, or makes available, a hearing aid instrument or hearing prosthetic device without a certificate of need, and/or fails to keep records as prescribed in § 5-49-2.2, and any physician who issues […]
§ 5-49-20. Severability. (a) If any section, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this chapter is for any reason held or declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, that holding of invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions; (b) It shall be construed to have been the legislative intent to pass this chapter without that […]
§ 5-49-21. Rules and regulations. The department shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the purpose and intent of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 341, § 9.
§ 5-49-22. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 384, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1982, ch. 414, § 17.
§ 5-49-23. Other rights and remedies. The rights and remedies provided to a purchaser by this chapter shall be in addition to and are not construed to abrogate or diminish any rights and remedies the purchaser may have under other laws, including, but not limited to, chapter 2 of title 6A, chapter 2.1 of title […]
§ 5-49-3. Receipt required to be furnished to a person supplied with hearing aid. (a) Any person who practices the fitting and sale of hearing aids shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing aid a receipt that shall contain the licensee’s signature and show his or her business address and the number of […]
