New York General Business Law Article 37-A - REGISTRATION OF HEARING AID DISPENSERS

• 788 - Legislative Intent.
  The legislature recognizes and acknowledges the value of hearing aids to many individuals with hearing loss and recognizes the valuable service provided by hearing aid...
• 789 - Definitions.
  As used in this article: 1. "Account" shall mean the hearing aid dispensing account. 2. "Audiologist" means an individual who is licensed under article one...
• 790 - Certificate of Registration Required; Qualifications and Application.
  1. Any person desiring to be engaged in the dispensing of hearing aids in this state shall be registered biennially pursuant to this article. Such...
• 791 - Hearing Aid Dispensing Advisory Board.
  1. There is created within the department a hearing aid dispensing advisory board which shall consist of thirteen members to be appointed by the secretary:...
• 792 - Hearing Aid Dispensers Account.
  There is hereby established in the custody of the state comptroller and the secretary a hearing aid dispensers account into which all fees collected pursuant...
• 793 - Registry.
  The secretary shall establish a state registry which shall list and identify on a county-by-county basis all registered hearing aid dispensers, trainees, audiologists engaged in...
• 794 - Continuing Education Requirements.
  1. Prior to the expiration of a certificate of registration and as a condition of renewal, each hearing aid dispenser registered pursuant to subdivision one...
• 795 - Renewal of Certificate of Registration or Temporary Certificate of Registration.
  1. The secretary shall provide a method for the biennial review of a certificate of registration and temporary certificate of registration. 2. The department shall...
• 796 - Training Program; Requirements; Examination and Re-Examination.
  1. The secretary, in consultation with the board, shall establish a full-time, twelve month training program for those persons wishing to apply for registration as...
• 797 - Fees.
  The secretary shall receive the following fees to be deposited into a special revenue fund - other entitled the "hearing aid dispensers account" for the...
• 798 - Business Practice; Requirements.
  1. Every registrant who engages in the dispensing of hearing aids shall have and maintain a principal office or place of business. Each registrant shall...
• 799 - Administration; Suspension and Revocation of Registrations; Fines; Reprimands.
  1. (a) The secretary shall refer each complaint which alleges conduct constituting a violation of article one hundred fifty-nine of the education law committed by...
• 800 - Denial of Registration; Complaints; Notice of Hearing.
  1. Denial of registration. The secretary shall, before making a final determination to deny an application for a registration, notify the applicant in writing of...
• 801 - Judicial Review.
  The action of the secretary pursuant to a hearing in refusing to grant or to renew a certificate of registration or a temporary certificate of...
• 802 - Special Provisions; Not-For-Profit Sales.
  1. No otolaryngologist or other licensed physician who has conducted a medical evaluation of hearing loss shall engage in the business of dispensing hearing aids...
• 803 - Powers of the Secretary.
  1. The secretary shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are deemed necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article, and shall provide written notification...
• 804 - Penalties.
  Any person found to have engaged in the dispensing of hearing aides or in the business of dispensing hearing aids without being registered pursuant to...
• 805 - Separability.
  If any section or provision of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or inapplicable to any person...

Last modified: February 3, 2019