37-16-102. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Board" means the board of hearing aid dispensers provided for in 2-15-1740.
(2) "Department" means the department of labor and industry provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17.
(3) "Hearing aid" means an instrument or device designed for or represented as aiding or improving defective human hearing and parts, attachments, or accessories of the instrument or device.
(4) "License" means a regular or trainee license.
(5) "Permanent place of business" means the primary site in this state at which a person licensed under this chapter conducts testing and fitting of hearing aids and related devices and that is open to the public at least 5 days a week.
(6) "Place of practice" means either a permanent place of business or a location on record with the department at which a person licensed under this chapter makes occasional visits. A place of practice must be affiliated with a permanent place of business.
(7) "Practice of selling, dispensing, and fitting hearing aids" means the evaluation or measurement of the powers or range of human hearing by means of an audiometer and a visual examination of the ear and canal or by any other means devised and the consequent selection, adaption, sale, dispensing, or fitting of hearing aids intended to compensate for hearing loss, including eyeglass hearing aids and their fittings, and the making of an impression of the ear and the subsequent selection of a proper ear mold, but does not include batteries, cords, or accessories.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 204, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 292, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-3003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 274, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 444, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 404, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 125, Ch. 483, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 34, L. 2009.