73-14-25 - Licensure upon passing examination in other jurisdiction; reciprocity.
§ 73-14-25. Licensure upon passing examination in other jurisdiction; reciprocity.
The department may license as a hearing aid specialist, and furnish a certificate of licensure, to any applicant who presents evidence, satisfactory to the department of having passed an examination before a similar lawfully authorized examining agency or board of hearing aid specialists of another state or the District of Columbia, if the standards for registration of hearing aid specialists or for licensure as a hearing aid specialist in such state or district are determined by the department to be as high as those of this state, and if that jurisdiction affords licensees of this state reciprocity.
Any person making application for licensure under the provisions of this section may, at the discretion of the board, be required to pass an examination selected by the board.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7129-109; Laws, 1972, ch. 523, § 9; reenacted, 1983, ch. 486, § 11; reenacted, 1991, ch. 351, § 11; Laws, 1992, ch. 438, § 11; Laws, 1995, ch. 503, § 11; reenacted and amended, Laws, 2000, ch. 484, § 11; brought forward without change, Laws, 2005, ch. 460, § 11, eff from and after June 30, 2005.