Alabama Administrative Code
Title 445 - ALABAMA BOARD OF HEARING INSTRUMENT DEALERS
Chapter 445-X-1 - HEARING INSTRUMENT DEALERS
Section 445-X-1-.02 - Definitions
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 445-X-1-.02
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1) In addition to those definitions adopted in the Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-14-1, et seq. the following definitions apply in connection with these rules.
(a) "Board" means the Board
of Hearing Instrument Dealers.
(b)
"Business" means any corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other
legal business venture not acting as a sole individual.
(c) "Hearing Aid Dispenser, Apprentice,
Hearing Aid Specialist" means any person licensed under these rules who
undertakes to fit, test, sell, or service hearing instruments.
(d) "Hearing Aid or Hearing Instrument." Any
wearable instrument or device designed for or offered for the purpose of aiding
or compensating for impaired human hearing.
(e) "License" means the certificate issued by
the Board to individuals meeting qualifications to fit and sell hearing
instruments.
(f) "May" indicates
permission.
(g) "Place of Business"
means the permanent street address of the office in which a licensed hearing
aid dispenser, hearing aid specialist, or apprentice exercises the practices of
dispensing and fitting of hearing instruments and which is the hearing aid
dispenser's base of business.
(h)
"Practice of Fitting and Dispensing in Hearing Instruments" means the
measurement of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by other means
approved by the board solely for the purpose of making selections, adaptations,
or sale of hearing instruments. The term also includes the making of
impressions for earmolds. A licensee or permit holder at the request of a
physician or a member of related professions, may make audiograms for the
professional's use in consultation with the hard-of-hearing.
(i) "Rules" means Alabama Administrative Code
Rules.
(j) "Sell or Sale" means any
transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other
contract, excluding wholesale transactions with distributors or
dealers.
(k) "Servicing" means but
is not limited to modification, adaptation and repair of the hearing
instrument. Servicing does not include cleaning, retubing, and battery
changes.
(l) "Shall" indicates
mandatory requirements.
(m)
"Statement of Compliance" means a form approved by the board which businesses
shall file annually with the board and which lists all licensed Alabama hearing
aid dispensers, apprentices, and hearing aid specialist directly or indirectly
employed by them and which certifies compliance with rules and regulations of
the board and Code of Ala. 1975, §34-14,
et seq.
(n) "Apprentice Permit" means the certificate
issued while the applicant is in training or is qualifying to become a licensed
hearing aid specialist.
Author: Hearing Instrument Dealers Board
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-14-11(4).
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