New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Hcp - Board of Hearing Care Providers
Chapter Hcp 500 - ETHICAL STANDARDS
Part Hcp 501 - ETHICAL STANDARDS
Section Hcp 501.02 - Standards of Conduct

(a) Submit only truthful, correct and complete information in any application or other document filed with or statement made to the board;

(b) Inform the board of a principal business address to which all official board communications should be directed, and also of all addresses where the audiologist or hearing aid dealer is practicing;

(c) Report the establishment of a business address or the change or abandonment of a business address to the board within 30 days;

(d) Refrain from revealing information acquired in the course of treating a patient unless the patient consents to the release of the information or the release is ordered by a court;

(e) Offer no assistance to any dishonest practice or scheme such as preparing or verifying reports which support feigned or exaggerated claims of physical disability or the concealment of physical disability, regardless of the purpose for which the report is offered;

(f) Provide each patient with the highest degree of skill and care which he or she is capable, and otherwise maintain the health and welfare of the patient as the paramount objective of his or her practice;

(g) Continually endeavor to improve his or her skill and knowledge in the field of audiology or hearing aid dispensing, as appropriate, keep abreast of new developments in the field, and offer the same good quality of care to each patient treated;

(h) Report persons who might attempt to practice audiology without a license or dispense hearing aids without registration, and otherwise violate the laws or rules pertaining to the practice of audiology or hearing aid dispensing in New Hampshire;

(i) Annually calibrate any and all equipment utilized for the purpose of testing or evaluating a person's hearing. Calibration records shall be retained for a period of 5 years and available to the board upon demand; and

(j) Comply with the reporting requirements of the New Hampshire department of health and human services' early hearing detection and intervention program as outlined in He-P 3008.15 - 3008.18.