New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Hcp - Board of Hearing Care Providers
Chapter Hcp 500 - ETHICAL STANDARDS
Part Hcp 501 - ETHICAL STANDARDS
Section Hcp 501.03 - Mandatory Medical Referral
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules Hcp 501.03
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) A licensed audiologist or registered hearing aid dealer shall refer a patient to a physician if the audiologist or hearing aid dealer determines by any method that the patient has or might have any of the following conditions:
(1) Visible congenital or traumatic
deformity of the outer ear;
(2) History of active drainage from
the ear within the previous 90 days;
(3) History of sudden or rapidly
progressive hearing loss with the previous 90 days;
(4) Acute or chronic
dizziness;
(5) Unilateral
hearing loss of sudden or recent onset with the previous 90
days;
(6) Audiometric
air-bone gap equal to or greater than 15 decibels at 500Hz, 1000Hz,
and 2000Hz;
(7) Visible
evidence of significant cerumen accumulation or a foreign body in the
ear canal; or
(8) Pain or
discomfort in the ear.
(b) An audiologist or hearing aid dealer shall have a duty to inquire or otherwise determine whether any of the conditions listed in (a) above are present.
#9338, eff 12-3-08
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