Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING
Agency 80 - BOARD FOR HEARING AID SPECIALISTS AND OPTICIANS
Chapter 20 - HEARING AID SPECIALISTS REGULATIONS
Part V - Standards of Practice and Conduct
Section 18VAC80-20-210 - Measures to take when first contact is established with any purchaser or prospective purchaser
Universal Citation: 8 VA Admin Code 80-20-210
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. When first contact is established with any purchaser or prospective purchaser outside the hearing aid specialist's principal place of business, the licensee shall provide a disclosure form prescribed by the board containing information that the purchaser or prospective purchaser will need to obtain service/maintenance. The disclosure form shall include:
1. Address and telephone number where the
hearing aid specialist can be reached.
2. Days and hours contact can be
made;
3. Whether
service/maintenance will be provided in the office or in the home of the
purchaser or prospective purchaser; and
4. If the hearing aid specialist has no
principal place of business in Virginia, a clear statement that there is no
principal place of business in Virginia.
B. When first contact is established with any purchaser or prospective purchaser the licensee shall:
1. Advise the purchaser or prospective
purchaser that hearing aid specialists are not licensed to practice medicine;
and
2. Advise the purchaser or
prospective purchaser that no examination or representation made by the
specialist should be regarded as a medical examination, opinion, or advice.
a. A statement that this initial advice was
given to the purchaser or prospective purchaser shall be entered on the
purchase agreement in print as large as the other printed matter on the
receipt.
b. Exemption: Hearing aid
specialists who are physicians licensed to practice medicine in Virginia are
exempt from the requirements of this subsection.
Statutory Authority
§ 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.
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