CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-1500)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different
meaning:”Board” means the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and
Opticians.”Hearing aid” means any wearable instrument or device
designed or offered to aid or compensate for impaired human hearing and any
parts, attachments, or accessories, including earmolds, but excluding batteries
and cords.”Licensed hearing aid specialist” means any person who is
the holder of a hearing aid specialist license issued by the Board for Hearing
Aid Specialists and Opticians.”Licensed optician” means any person
who is the holder of an optician license issued by the Board for Hearing Aid
Specialists and Opticians.”Licensed optometrist” means any person
authorized by Virginia law to practice optometry.”Licensed
physician” means any person licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice
medicine and surgery.”Optician” means any person not exempted by §
54.1-1506 who prepares or dispenses eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or related
appurtenances, for the intended wearers or users, on prescriptions from licensed
physicians or licensed optometrists, or as duplications or reproductions of
previously prepared eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or related appurtenances; or
who, in accordance with such prescriptions, duplications or reproductions,
measures, adapts, fits, and adjusts eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or
appurtenances, to the human face.”Practice of fitting or dealing in
hearing aids” means (i) the measurement of human hearing by means of an
audiometer or by any other means solely for the purpose of making selections,
adaptations or sale of hearing aids, (ii) the sale of hearing aids, or (iii) the
making of impressions for earmolds. A practitioner, at the request of a
physician or a member of a related profession, may make audiograms for the
professional’s use in consultation with the
hard-of-hearing.”Sell” or “sale” means any transfer of
title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other contract,
excluding wholesale transactions with distributors or
practitioners.”Temporary permit” means a permit issued while an
applicant is in training to become a licensed hearing aid specialist.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 571, § 54-524.110; 1988, c. 765; 2005, c. 599; 2012, cc. 803,
835.