South Dakota Statutes

§ 36-24-1.7 — Scope of hearing aid dispensing.

South Dakota § 36-24-1.7
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 36PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Ch. 36-23HEARING AID DISPENSERS AND AUDIOLOGISTS

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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 36-24-1.7 (2026).

Text

The scope of practice of licensed hearing aid dispensing involves:

(1)The evaluation or measurement of hearing in a patient eighteen years or older, by means of an audiometer, for the sole purpose of determining whether a hearing loss will be sufficiently improved by the use of a hearing aid or other hearing instrument to justify prescribing and selling the hearing aid or instrument, and whether that hearing aid or instrument will be in the best interest of the patient;
(2)The prescribing and fitting of an appropriate hearing aid or other hearing instrument based on a patient’s hearing loss, ear anatomy, and physical considerations;
(3)The removal of cerumen only as needed when cerumen is impeding the fitting, verification, or function of a hearing aid or other hearing instrume

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Legislative History

SL 2024, ch 159, § 3.

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