Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 14 - Hearing Instrument Dealers and Fitters

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 34-14-1 Definitions
  For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) APPRENTICE. A person who has...
• Section 34-14-2 Licenses or permits - Required; display; duplicates; corporations, partnerships, etc
  (a) No person shall engage in the sale of or practice of fitting hearing instruments or display a sign or in any other way advertise...
• Section 34-14-3 Licenses - Issuance; reciprocity; complaints; fees
  (a) The board shall register each applicant without discrimination who pays an examination fee as prescribed by rule of the board and who satisfactorily passes...
• Section 34-14-4 Licenses - Examination of applicants
  (a) Applicants may obtain a license by successfully passing a qualifying examination; provided, that the applicant: (1) Is at least 19 years of age; (2)...
• Section 34-14-5 Licenses - Standards and scope of examination
  (a) The qualifying examination provided in Section 34-14-4 shall be designed to demonstrate the applicant's adequate technical qualifications by testing the applicant in three separate...
• Section 34-14-6 Licenses - Renewal; fees; continuing education
  (a) Each person who engages in the fitting and sale of hearing instruments shall annually, on or before January 30, pay to the board a...
• Section 34-14-7 Apprentice permit; hearing aid specialist license; supervision and training
  (a) An applicant who fulfills the requirements regarding age, character, education, and health, as set forth in subsection (a) of Section 34-14-4, may obtain an...
• Section 34-14-8 Business addresses; notices; replacement certificates
  (a) A person who holds a license shall notify the board in writing of the regular address of the place or places where he or...
• Section 34-14-9 Complaint and hearing; appeal; disciplinary actions
  (a) Any person wishing to make a complaint against a licensee or apprentice under this chapter shall reduce the same to writing and file his...
• Section 34-14-10 Receipt to be furnished to person supplied with hearing instrument; persons under age 18 to be first examined by physician
  (a) Any person who practices the fitting and sale of hearing instruments shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing instrument a receipt which...
• Section 34-14-11 Powers and duties of board
  (a) The board shall perform the following duties: (1) Authorize all disbursements necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) Register persons who...
• Section 34-14-12 Prohibited acts and practices
  No person shall: (1) Sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter a license or permit; (2) Purchase or procure by barter a license or...
• Section 34-14-13 Chapter not applicable to certain persons and practices
  This chapter is not intended to prevent any person from engaging in the practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing...
• Section 34-14-14 Penalties
  A violation of this chapter shall be punishable as a Class C misdemeanor.
• Article 2 Board of Hearing Instrument Dealers.
• Section 34-14-30 Creation; composition; compensation
  (a) There is established a Board of Hearing Instrument Dealers which shall administer this chapter. (b) Members of the board shall be citizens and residents...
• Section 34-14-31 Attorney General to act as legal adviser
  The Attorney General of the state shall act as legal adviser of the board and shall render such legal assistance as may be necessary in...
• Section 34-14-32 Meetings
  The board shall meet not less than twice each year at a place, day, and hour determined by the board. The board shall also meet...
• Section 34-14-33 Disposition of funds
  (a) Within a week of receiving funds, the board shall pay into the State Treasury all moneys received by it under this chapter during the...
• Section 34-14-34 Fees
  (a) The board shall establish fees by rule adopted pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. The board may impose fees of not less than...

Last modified: May 3, 2021