Direct Supervision as used in T.C.A. §
63-17-206(b) is
defined so as to require a sponsoring licensee to direct, review, and approve
each act of service performed by an apprentice licensee in connection with the
practice of dispensing and/or fitting hearing instruments, but does not require
the constant actual physical presence of the sponsoring licensee.
(1) A sponsor must review and co-sign all
hearing tests and ear mold impressions given by an apprentice.
(2) A sponsor must review and co-sign all
bills of sale prepared by an apprentice.
(3) A sponsor must keep a record of hearing
tests and bills of sale prepared by an apprentice.
(4) These records must be at all times during
normal business hours available for on-site inspection(s) by a Council member
or designee during the first ninety (90) days of the apprenticeship
period.
Notes
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1370-02-.10
For Administrative History
prior to November, 1987 see page 1. Repeal and new rule filed September 24,
1987; effective November 8, 1987. Repeal and new rule filed April 29, 1992;
effective June 13, 1992. Repeal and new rule renumbered from 0760-1-.10 filed
December 28, 1999; effective March 12, 2000.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
4-5-202,
4-5-204, 63-15-103, 63-15-106,
63-15-108, 63-15-114, 63-17-203, 63-17-206, 63-17-208, and 63-17-214.
