(a) The program shall be administered by a program manager hired under the merit system.
(b) The Newborn Hearing Screening Program manager shall be the Hearing Aid Loan Bank Program manager, who shall be responsible for the Hearing Aid Loan Program.
(c) The program manager must contract with licensed audiologists for the implementation and administration of Hearing Aid Loan Bank sites.
(d) The program manager shall provide and maintain:
(1) A pool of hearing aids in the loan bank to lend to a parent or legal guardian of an eligible child;
(2) Testing and programming equipment or contracts for testing and programming for hearing aids in the loan bank; and
(3) Supplies for repair and reconditioning or contracts for supplies and services for repair and reconditioning of hearing aids in the loan bank.