Code of Virginia - Title 54.1 Professions And Occupations - Section 54.1-1500 Definitions

§ 54.1-1500. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Board" means the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists.

"Hearing aid" means any wearable instrument or device designed or offered to aid or compensate for impaired human hearing and any parts, attachments, or accessories, including earmolds, but excluding batteries and cords.

"License" means a license issued under this chapter to hearing aid specialists.

"Practice of fitting or dealing in hearing aids" means (i) the measurement of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by any other means solely for the purpose of making selections, adaptations or sale of hearing aids, (ii) the sale of hearing aids, or (iii) the making of impressions for earmolds. A practitioner, at the request of a physician or a member of a related profession, may make audiograms for the professional's use in consultation with the hard-of-hearing.

"Sell" or "sale" means any transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other contract, excluding wholesale transactions with distributors or practitioners.

"Temporary permit" means a permit issued while an applicant is in training to become a licensed hearing aid specialist.

(1970, c. 571, § 54-524.110; 1988, c. 765; 2005, c. 599.)

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