Iowa · statute · Iowa Code ch. 154A · 12 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: 1. “Department” means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. 2. “Dispense” or “sell” means a transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other means, but excludes a wholesale transaction with a distributor or hearing…
An applicant may obtain a license, if the applicant: 1. Successfully passes the qualifying examination prescribed in section 154A.12. 2. Is free of contagious or infectious disease. 3. Pays the necessary fees set by the department.
1. The examination required by this chapter shall be designed to demonstrate the applicant’s adequate technical qualifications including but not limited to the following: a. Evidence of knowledge in areas such as physics of sound, anatomy and physiology of hearing, and the function of hearing aids, as these areas perta…
A person who has not been licensed as a hearing aid specialist may obtain a temporary permit from the department upon completion of the application accompanied by the written verification of employment from a licensed hearing aid specialist. The department shall issue a temporary permit for two years which shall not be…
1. 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 specialists in the direct fi…
1. A hearing aid specialist shall deliver, to each person supplied with a hearing aid, a receipt which contains the licensee’s signature and shows the licensee’s business address and the number of the license, together with specifications as to the make, model, and serial number of the hearing aid furnished, and full t…
1. A licensee or person holding a temporary permit shall notify the department in writing of the address of the place where the licensee or permittee engages or intends to engage in business as a hearing aid specialist. The department shall keep a record of the place of business of licensees and persons holding tempora…
The department shall forward a copy of all final disciplinary orders, with associated complaints, to the attorney general for consideration for prosecution or enforcement when warranted. The attorney general and all county attorneys shall assist the department in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
The department may revoke or suspend a license or temporary permit permanently or for a fixed period for any of the following causes: 1. Procuring a license or temporary permit by fraud or deceit. 2. Unethical conduct in any of the following forms: a. Obtaining a fee or making a sale by fraud or misrepresentation. b. K…
A person shall not: 1. Sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter a license or temporary permit. 2. Purchase or procure by barter a license or temporary permit with intent to use it as evidence of the holder’s qualifications to engage in business as a hearing aid specialist. 3. Alter a license or temporary permit with fr…
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the right of a person who desires to file a complaint against a licensee or holder of a temporary permit from filing a complaint with the attorney general pursuant to the provisions of section 714.16.
A violation of any provisions of this chapter is a simple misdemeanor.