Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 4747 · 18 active provisions
As used in sections 4747.01 to 4747.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code:(A) "Hearing aid" means any wearable instrument or device 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.(B) "Practice o…
No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall, on or after July 1, 1970, engage in the sale, practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids, advertise or assume such practice, or engage in training to become a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter without first being licensed as provided in this ch…
(A) The state speech and hearing professionals board shall: (1) Establish the nature and scope of qualifying examinations in accordance with section 4747.08 of the Revised Code; (2) Determine whether persons holding similar valid licenses from other jurisdictions other than other states shall be required to take and su…
(A)(1) The state speech and hearing professionals board shall issue to each applicant, within sixty days of receipt of a properly completed application and payment of an application fee set by the board in rules adopted under section 4747.04 of the Revised Code, a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license if the applica…
(A) As used in this section, "license" and "applicant for an initial license" have the same meanings as in section 4776.01 of the Revised Code, except that "license" as used in both of those terms refers to the types of authorizations otherwise issued or conferred under this chapter. (B) In addition to any other eligib…
(A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section and section 4747.12 of the Revised Code, a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license issued or renewed by the state speech and hearing professionals board under this chapter shall be renewed biennially not later than the thirty-first day of December in each e…
Each person who holds a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license and engages in the practice of dealing in and fitting of hearing aids shall display such license in a conspicuous place in the person's office or place of business at all times. Each person who maintains more than one office or place of business shall pos…
No person shall be issued a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license unless such person has successfully taken and passed a qualifying examination. The qualifying examination shall be a thorough testing of knowledge required for the proper selecting, fitting, and sale of hearing aids, but shall not be such that a medic…
(A) Each licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter shall furnish each person supplied with a hearing aid a receipt that complies with rules adopted by the state speech and hearing professionals board under section 4747.04 of the Revised Code.(B) Each licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter shall, when dealing with a child si…
(A)(1) Each person currently engaged in training to become a licensed hearing aid dealer or fitter shall apply to the state speech and hearing professionals board for a hearing aid dealer's and fitter's trainee permit. The board shall issue to each applicant within thirty days of receipt of a properly completed applica…
Each person who holds a hearing aid dealer's or fitter's license or trainee permit shall notify the state speech and hearing professionals board in writing of the place or places where the person engages or intends to engage in the practice of dealing in and fitting of hearing aids, and shall notify the board in writin…
(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the state speech and hearing professionals board may revoke, suspend, place on probation, or, except as provided in division (B) of this section, refuse to issue or renew a license or permit or reprimand a licensee or permit holder if the person who holds such li…
(A) Any person who wishes to make a complaint against any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation licensed pursuant to this chapter shall submit such complaint in writing to the state speech and hearing professionals board within one year from the date of the action or event upon which the complaint is b…
No person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation shall:(A) Sell or barter or offer to sell or barter a hearing aid dealers or fitters license or trainee permit issued by the state speech and hearing professionals board pursuant to sections 4747.05, 4747.06, and 4747.10 of the Revised Code;(B) Purchase or procu…
The licensing provisions of this chapter do not apply to:(A) Any person engaged in the practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing aids provided that such selection does not result in an actual sale of a hearing aid by such person;(B) Any practicing physician who is licensed by the Ohio…
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the state speech and hearing professionals board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
The state speech and hearing professionals board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.
Whoever violates section 4747.02 or 4747.14 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or both.