Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
643 - BOARD OF SPEECH, AUDIOLOGY AND HEARING
Chapter 10 - PRACTICE OF HEARING AID DEALING AND FITTING
Section 643-10-2 - Minimum Testing Requirements

A dealer-licensee may not sell, attempt to sell or cause to be sold a hearing aid to any person who has not been given a test utilizing appropriate established procedures within the preceding 12 months. Such procedures shall include, at a minimum, otoscopic examination, pure tone air and bone conduction thresholds.

[NOTE: The Food and Drug Administration has adopted rules that contain requirements for medical evaluations in connection with the fitting of hearing aids. These rules are found in the Code of Federal Regulations at Title 21, Part 801, Sections 420 and 421. The rules may be downloaded from:

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/retrieve.html]