Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

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; (4)…

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 t…

(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 fitters; one otolar…

(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 th…

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.

The department shall deposit, as general revenues into the state treasury, all moneys received by the department pursuant to this chapter.

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.

(a) No person shall engage in the dispensing, selling, fitting, or ordering the use of hearing aids, or display a sign, or in any other way advertise or represent themself as a person who practices the fitting and sale of hearing aids after August 1, 1973, unless he or she holds …

(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) [Deleted by P.L. 2023, ch. 89, § 1 and P.L. 2023, ch. 90, § 1.] (c) Each record …

(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…

The department shall promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the purpose and intent of this chapter.

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 6A, an…

(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 his or her certificate, together with specificat…

(a) This chapter is not intended to prevent any person from engaging in the practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selecting hearing aids; provided, that the person or organization employing that person does not sell hearing aids or hearing aid accessories except …

(a) The department shall register each applicant without discrimination who passes an examination as provided in § 5-49-7. Upon the applicant’s payment as set forth in § 23-1-54 per annum for each year of the term of license, the department shall issue to the applicant a license …

(a) Applicants who do not meet the experience qualification of former § 5-49-5 on July 1, 1973, may obtain a license by successfully passing a qualifying examination, provided the applicant: (1) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; (2) Is of good moral character; (3) Has an …

(a) An applicant who fulfills the requirements regarding age, character, education, and health as provided in § 5-49-7, may obtain a temporary permit upon application to the department. Previous experience or a waiting period shall not be required to obtain a temporary permit. (b…

The qualifying examination provided in § 5-49-7, “license by examination,” shall be designed to demonstrate the applicant’s adequate technical qualifications by: (1) Testing knowledge in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting and sale of hearing aids: (i) Basic physic…