To obtain a license, an individual must submit a complete
application provided by the Department and provide documentation demonstrating
that the applicant meets the licensing requirements of Neb. Rev. Stat.
§§
38-1501
to
38-1518, 172 NAC
10, and this chapter.
003.01
DOCUMENTATION. The following documentation must be
provided to the Department.
003.01(A)
AGE. Provide documentation showing that the applicant
is at least 21 years of age.
003.01(B)
EDUCATION.
Submit an official transcript, directly from the issuing institution, showing
completion of a 4-year course of study from an accredited high school; or an
official copy of a diploma or certificate from an accredited high
school.
003.01(C)
EXAMINATION. Provide documentation of successful
completion of the qualifying examination sent directly to the
Department.
003.01(D)
LICENSED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION. If an applicant
holds a license in another jurisdiction, he or she may apply for licensure
based upon licensure in another jurisdiction. The applicant must provide
documentation that the standards regulating the practice of hearing instrument
specialists in the other jurisdiction are equivalent to those maintained in
Nebraska and the license was based on a written examination and practical
examination equivalent to the qualifying examination for a Nebraska license,
the grades given at the examination, and the date the license was
issued.
003.01(E)
OTHER
PROOF OF COMPETENCY. For applicants who are not practicing at the
time of application, the following applies:
003.01(E)(i)
PASSED EXAMINATION
AND NOT PRACTICING. An applicant who has met the education and
examination requirements as listed in 172 NAC 75-003.01, who passed the written
examination more than 3 years prior to the time of application, and who is not
practicing at the time of application, must within the 3 years immediately
preceding the application, present proof of having obtained 20 hours of
acceptable continuing education within the 3 years immediately preceding the
date of application.
003.01(E)(ii)
LICENSED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION AND NOT PRACTICING.
An applicant who holds a license in another jurisdiction, but is not practicing
at the time of application, must provide proof of having obtained a minimum of
20 hours of acceptable continuing education within the 3 years immediately
preceding the date of application.
003.02
TEMPORARY
LICENSE. A temporary license may be issued to an applicant who has
submitted documentation of meeting educational requirements for licensure set
out in this chapter except passing the practical examination. Previous
experience or a waiting period is not required to obtain a temporary license.
All temporary licenses will become null and void upon the Department's
notification that the temporary licensee has passed the practical examination
or 1 year from the issuance date, whichever comes first. A temporary license
may be renewed once pursuant to this chapter. The supervisor of a person who
holds a temporary license must immediately notify the Department when
supervision of the temporary licensee is terminated.
003.02(A)
STANDARDS FOR
SUPERVISION. Any person who practices as a temporary hearing
instrument specialist must be supervised by a hearing instrument specialist or
audiologist licensed in Nebraska whose license is active and has not been
disciplined.
003.02(A)(i)
MANDATORY SUPERVISORY CONTACT. The supervisor must
meet with the temporary licensee face to face for 80 hours during the first 90
days of the initial training session, which will commence upon the issuance of
the temporary license. Thereafter, the supervisor must meet with the temporary
licensee monthly to evaluate the temporary licensee's performance in the
following areas:
(1) Audiometric
evaluations;
(2)
Impressions;
(3) Purchase
agreements;
(4) Instrument
orders;
(5) Hearing instrument
fittings; and
(6) Consultation
advice and training.
003.02(A)(ii)
ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS
COVERED. The supervisor must train the temporary licensee in the
following areas during the initial 90-day training period:
(1) Basic physics of sound;
(2) Anatomy and physiology of the
ear;
(3) Function of hearing
aids;
(4) Pure tone audiometry,
including air conduction testing and bone conduction testing;
(5) Live voice or recorded voice speech
audiometry;
(6) Masking;
(7) Recording and evaluation of audiograms
and speech audiometry to determine proper selection and adaptation of a hearing
aid; and
(8) Taking earmold
impressions.
