154A.19 - EXCEPTIONS.
154A.19 EXCEPTIONS.
This chapter shall not prohibit a corporation, partnership, trust,
association, or other organization maintaining an established
business address from engaging in the business of selling or offering
for sale hearing aids at retail without a license if it employs only
licensed hearing aid dispensers in the direct fitting or selection
and sale of hearing aids. Such an organization shall file annually
with the board a list of all licensed hearing aid dispensers and
persons holding temporary permits directly or indirectly employed by
it. Such an organization shall also file with the board a statement
on a form approved by the board that the organization submits itself
to the rules and regulations of the board and the provisions of this
chapter which the department deems applicable.
This chapter shall not apply to a person who engages in the
practices covered by this chapter if this activity is part of the
academic curriculum of an accredited institution of higher education,
or part of a program conducted by a public or charitable institution,
or nonprofit organization, unless the institution or organization
also dispenses or sells hearing aids.
This chapter shall not prevent any person from engaging in
practices covered by this chapter, provided the person, or
organization employing the person, does not dispense or sell hearing
aids. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, 79, 81, § 154A.19] Section History: Recent Form
2001 Acts, ch 58, §18