§ 12-230-102 — Definitions

As used in this article 230, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Apprentice means a person who holds a current license as an
apprentice pursuant to this article 230.

(2) Dispense, with regard to a hearing aid, means to sell or transfer title,
possession, or the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other method. The term
does not apply to wholesale transactions with distributors or dealers.

(3) (a) Hearing aid means a wearable device designed or offered to be
customized for the purpose of compensating for impaired human hearing and
includes:

(I) Any parts, attachments, or accessories to the instrument or device, as
defined in rules adopted by the director; and

(II) Ear molds, excluding batteries and cords.

(b) The term does not include a surgically implanted hearing device.

(4) Hearing aid provider means a person engaged in the practice of
dispensing, fitting, or dealing in hearing aids.

(5) Practice of dispensing, fitting, or dealing in hearing aids includes:

(a) Selecting and adapting hearing aids for sale;

(b) Testing human hearing for purposes of selecting and adapting hearing
aids for sale; and

(c) Making impressions for ear molds and counseling and instructing
prospective users for purposes of selecting, fitting, adapting, or selling hearing
aids.

(6) Surgically implanted hearing device means a device that is designed to
produce useful hearing sensations to a person with a hearing impairment and that
has, as one or more components, a unit that is surgically implanted into the ear,
skull, or other interior part of the body. The term includes any associated unit that
may be worn on the body.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1147, � 1, effective October 1.