When an applicant or a hearing aid
dispenser is required by this Article to provide information on or sign an
application form or other document, the following shall satisfy the requirement
on behalf of the applicant or hearing aid dispenser:
1.
If the applicant or the hearing aid dispenser is an
individual, the individual; or
2.
If the applicant or hearing aid dispenser is a
business organization, the designated agent who:
a.
Is a controlling person of the business
organization,
b.
Is a U.S. citizen or legal resident,
and
c.
Has an Arizona address.
A. Within two years after the date an
applicant receives the approval notification in
R9-16-306(B), or a
temporary hearing aid dispenser receives the approval in
R9-16-305(B), the
applicant or temporary hearing aid dispenser shall take and obtain a passing
score on the Department-designated:
1. Written
hearing aid dispenser examination required in subsection (B), and
2. Practical examination required in
subsection (B).
B. An
applicant approved to take the Department-designated practical examination or a
temporary hearing aid dispenser approved to take the Department-designated
practical examination shall:
1. Arrive on the
scheduled date and time of the examination,
2. Provide proof of identity by a
government-issued photographic identification card that is provided by the
applicant or temporary hearing aid dispenser upon the request of the individual
administering the examination, and
3. Exhibit ethical conduct during the
examination process.
C.
After the Department receives an applicant's Department-designated written
hearing aid dispenser examination results, the Department shall notify the
applicant of:
1. A passing score and approval
to take the practical examination; or
2. A failing score that includes, as
applicable, approval to retake the written hearing aid dispenser
examination.
D. An
applicant or temporary hearing aid dispenser who does not comply with
subsection (B)(1) or (B)(2) is ineligible to take the examination on the
scheduled date and time.
E. An
applicant or temporary hearing aid dispenser taking the examination will
receive a passing score on the examination if the applicant or temporary
hearing aid dispenser demonstrates the proficiencies in A.R.S. §
36-1924, as determined by the
Department.
F. After the Department
receives an applicant's practical examination results, the Department shall
notify the applicant whether the applicant received:
1. A passing score; or
2. A failing score and, as applicable,
approval to retake the Department-designated practical examination for the
examination sections that the applicant failed.
G. The Department shall notify an applicant
or temporary hearing aid dispenser that the applicant or temporary hearing aid
dispenser may apply for an initial hearing aid dispenser license when the
applicant or temporary hearing aid dispenser has received a passing score on
both of the examinations in subsection (A).
