Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 20 - Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers
- § 43-20-1 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the "Georgia Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers Act."
- § 43-20-2 - Declaration of Policy
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to establish and enforce standards of competence and ethics in the dispensing of hearing aid devices...
- § 43-20-3 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Apprentice dispenser's permit" means a temporary nonrenewable one-year permit issued while the applicant is in apprenticeship...
- § 43-20-4 - Creation of Board; Composition; Qualifications of Members; Terms of Office; Vacancies; Selection of Officers
(a) There shall be established the State Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers, which shall administer and enforce this chapter.(b) The board shall...
- § 43-20-5 - Meetings; Reimbursement of Members; Notice of Meetings
(a) The board shall meet not less than once a year at a place, day, and hour determined by the division director and as...
- § 43-20-6 - General Powers and Duties of Board; Division Director
(a) The board shall have the responsibility and duty of administering and enforcing this chapter. The board shall have the power to establish and...
- § 43-20-7 - License Required; Scope of Authority of License Holders; Issuance of Duplicate Licenses
(a) It is unlawful for any person or firm to engage in the practice of dispensing hearing aids, as defined in this chapter, in...
- § 43-20-8 - Issuance of Licenses; Fees
(a) The board may issue a dealer's license to any applicant for a dealer's license upon compliance with this chapter, upon payment of the...
- § 43-20-9 - Examinations; Qualifications; Apprentice Dispensers; Establishment of Uniform Criteria for Passing and Failing
(a) An applicant may obtain a license by successfully passing a board approved examination, provided that the applicant: (1) Is at least 18 years...
- § 43-20-10 - Nonresident Licenses; Reciprocity
(a) Nonresident dealers' licenses may be issued to individuals domiciled outside of this state upon presentation of satisfactory evidence to the board that they...
- § 43-20-11 - Apprentice Dispenser's Permit; Training Permits
(a) An apprentice dispenser's permit shall be issued by the division director on behalf of the board only when: (1) Application has been made;...
- § 43-20-12 - Notice to Division Director of Place of Practice and Identification of Dispensers, Apprentice Dispensers, and Trainees; Notice to Holders of Licenses and Permits
(a) A person holding a dealer's license shall notify the division director in writing of the regular addresses of places of business operated by...
- § 43-20-13 - Furnishing Bill of Sale or Receipt to Person Supplied With Hearing Aid
Any person who dispenses hearing aid devices or instruments shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing aid device or instrument a written...
- § 43-20-14 - Biennial Renewal of Licenses; Posting Licenses; Duplicate Licenses
Licenses issued under this chapter shall be renewable biennially. Each and every dealer's license and dispenser's license required by this chapter shall be conspicuously...
- § 43-20-15 - Continuing Education Requirement
(a) As a prerequisite for the renewal of a dispenser's license on or before December 31, 2015, the individual must provide proof to the...
- § 43-20-16 - Denial, Nonrenewal, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses or Permits; Reprimands
In addition to any other penalties as provided for in this chapter, the board is authorized to reprimand any licensee or permit holder under...
- § 43-20-17 - Procedure As to Contested Cases; Judicial Review
Contested cases under this chapter shall be administered in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act"; provided, however, that...
- § 43-20-18 - Injunctions
The board shall have the power to bring an action to enjoin any person, firm, or corporation who, without being licensed or issued a...
- § 43-20-19 - Exceptions to Operation of Chapter
(a) This chapter shall not apply to a person who is a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state or to a person...
- § 43-20-20 - Penalty
Any person who dispenses or sells hearing aid devices or instruments without a license or who otherwise is in violation of this chapter shall...
- § 43-20-21 - Termination
Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, ยง 17, effective July 1, 1992.
Last modified: October 14, 2016