§ 3291. License required for hearing aid dispensers
(a) Unless a person is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, he or she shall not:
(1) dispense or attempt to dispense hearing aids or hold himself or herself out as being able to dispense hearing aids; or
(2) use in connection with his or her name any letters, words, or insignia indicating or implying that he or she is a hearing aid dispenser.
(b) A person who violates a provision of this chapter or who obtains a license by fraud or misrepresentation shall be subject to the pertinent penalties provided in 3 V.S.A. § 127.
(c) An audiologist licensed pursuant to this chapter may dispense hearing aids consistent with the requirements of this chapter. Licensed audiologists are not required to obtain a separate license to dispense hearing aids. (Added 1989, No. 60, § 1; amended 2001, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 47, eff. July 1, 2003; 2007, No. 29, § 47; 2015, No. 38, § 34, eff. Sept. 1, 2015.)