TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 29

SPEECH AND HEARING SERVICES PRACTICE ACT

54-2916.  Qualifications for licensure — Hearing aid dealer and fitter. To be eligible for licensure as a hearing aid dealer and fitter, the applicant shall:

(1)  Provide verification acceptable to the board of:

(a)  Being at least twenty-one (21) years of age;

(b)  Never having had a license revoked or otherwise sanctioned as part of disciplinary action from this or any other state;

(c)  Never having been convicted, found guilty, or received a withheld judgment or suspended sentence in this state or in any other state of a crime that is deemed relevant in accordance with section 67-9411(1), Idaho Code; and

(d)  Never having been found by the board to have engaged in conduct prohibited by this chapter, provided however, the board may take into consideration the rehabilitation of the applicant and other mitigating circumstances when considering applications for licensure;

(2)  Provide educational documentation satisfactory to the board that the applicant has successfully graduated from a four (4) year course at an accredited high school or the equivalent; and

(3)  Provide documentation that the applicant has successfully passed an examination approved by the board.

History:

[54-2916, added 2005, ch. 277, sec. 2, p. 862; am. 2022, ch. 246, sec. 23, p. 804.]