As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Health and Environmental Control.

(2) "Commission" means the State Commission for Hearing Aid Specialists.

(3) "License" means a license issued by the department under this chapter to hearing aid specialists.

(4) "Temporary permit" means a permit issued while the applicant is in training to become a licensed hearing aid specialist.

(5) "Hearing aid" means an acceptable wearable instrument or device designated or offered to aid or compensate for impaired human hearing and parts, attachments, or accessories, including earmold, but excluding batteries and cords.

(6) "Practice of specializing in hearing aids" means the measurement of human hearing by an audiometer and by other established means solely for fitting, making selections, adaptations, or sale of hearing aids. It also includes the making of impressions for earmolds.

(7) "Sell" or "sale" means the transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or other contract, excluding wholesale transactions with distributors or specialists.

(8) "Hearing aid specialist" means an individual licensed under this chapter to engage in the practice of specializing in hearing aids.

(9) "Audiologist" means an individual licensed by the State Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology as an audiologist.

(10) "Otolaryngologist" means a licensed physician specializing in ear, nose, and throat.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 56-745.1; 1971 (57) 1012; 1992 Act No. 312, Section 1.