Ohio Admin. Code 4753-8-01 - Definitions
(A) "Hearing aid" means any wearable
instrument or device, classified as a prescription
hearing aid, designed or offered for the purpose of aiding or
compensating for impaired human hearing, including all attachments,
accessories, and parts thereof, except batteries and cords.
This definition does not include over-the-counter
hearing aids as defined by the U.S. food and drug
administration.
(B) "Practice
of dispensing" or "fitting" of hearing aids means the sale of a
prescription hearing aid, and the measurement and
testing of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by any other means for
the purpose of selecting, adapting, and selling a prescription hearing aid to any person, and includes
the making of impressions for earmolds. This definition
does not apply to over-the-counter hearing aids as defined by the U.S. food and
drug administration.
(C)
"Dispensing audiologist" means an audiologist who is licensed pursuant to
Chapter 4753. of the Revised Code and who is engaged in the practice of
dispensing or fitting of prescription hearing
aids.
(D) "Dispense," "sell" or
"sale" means the retail transfer of title or of the right to use by lease,
bailment, or any other contract, but does not include a wholesale sale to a
distributor or dealer.
(E)
"Assistive listening device" means an auxiliary aid which enhances ease of
communication, telephone communication, and reception of important warning
signals.
(F) "Advertising" includes
all advertisements to the general public offering replicas, descriptive
literature on assistive listening devices, wearable hearing aids or hearing
loss, etc., placed by an audiologist licensed under Chapter 4753. of the
Revised Code or an organization whose business includes the merchandising of
hearing aids and assistive listening devices for sale.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4753.05
Rule Amplifies: 4753.01(G), 4753.05
Prior Effective Dates: 11/16/1992 (Emer.), 02/09/1993, 06/27/1997, 06/26/2003, 12/10/2007
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