Alaska Statutes Title 08, Chapter 08.55 - Hearing Aid Dealers

• Sec. 08.55.010 Qualifications for License.
  (a) The department shall issue a license to act as a hearing aid dealer to an individual who(1) is 18 years of age or...
• Sec. 08.55.020 Renewal of License.
  (a) [Repealed, Sec. 49 ch 94 SLA 1987].(b) On or before the expiration of a license under this chapter, a licensee may apply for...
• Sec. 08.55.030 Bond Required.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant for a license under AS 08.55.010 shall at the time of applying for the...
• Sec. 08.55.040 Fees.
  The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for each of the following:(1) application;(2) hearing aid dealer license;(3) renewal of license;(4) renewal delinquency;(5) duplicate
• Sec. 08.55.050 Items to Be Provided by Hearing Aid Dealer.
  (a) A hearing aid dealer shall give the following items to a consumer at the time the consumer contracts with the hearing aid dealer...
• Sec. 08.55.060 Prior Medical Evaluation.
  (a) A hearing aid dealer who is not a physician may not sell or lease a hearing aid unless the prospective user of the...
• Sec. 08.55.070 Transmittal of Hearing Aid by Mail.
  If a hearing aid dealer mails a hearing aid to a customer, the dealer shall send the hearing aid by certified mail.
• Sec. 08.55.080 Complaints.
  (a) A person may file a complaint with the department about a hearing aid or a hearing aid dealer within three years from the...
• Sec. 08.55.100 Calibration Requirements.
  A hearing aid dealer shall maintain in conformity with the standards set by the American National Standard Institute the calibration of each audiometer used...
• Sec. 08.55.110 Cancellation Option.
  (a) In addition to the cancellation allowed under AS 45.02.350 , a person who has purchased or leased a hearing aid from a hearing...
• Sec. 08.55.120 Testing of Hearing.
  (a) A hearing aid dealer may take threshold measurements to determine the need for a hearing aid, but may not perform diagnostic procedures to...
• Sec. 08.55.130 Grounds for Imposition of Disciplinary Sanctions.
  After a hearing, the department may impose a disciplinary sanction on an individual licensed under this chapter when the department finds that the person(1)...
• Sec. 08.55.140 Disciplinary Sanctions.
  (a) When it finds that a licensee has committed an act listed in AS 08.55.130 , the department may impose the following sanctions singly...
• Sec. 08.55.150 Prohibited Acts.
  (a) Unless a person is licensed under this chapter or is licensed as an audiologist under AS 08.11, the person may not(1) deal in...
• Sec. 08.55.160 Penalty.
  A person who violates AS 08.55.150 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
• Sec. 08.55.170 Notice of Place of Business.
  A person who holds a license under this chapter shall notify the department in writing of the regular address of the place or places...
• Sec. 08.55.180 Administrative Procedure Act.
  AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) applies to regulations and proceedings under this chapter.
• Sec. 08.55.200 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "audiologist" means an individual licensed as an audiologist under AS 08.11;(2) "dealing in hearing aids" means the sale or lease, or...

Last modified: November 15, 2016