California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Business and Professions Code - BPC |
Division 2. HEALING ARTS |
Chapter 5.3. Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists |
ARTICLE 9. Dispensing Audiologists |
Section 2539.8.
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No hearing aid shall be sold by an individual licensed as an audiologist under this chapter to a person 16 years of age or younger, unless within the preceding six months a recommendation for a hearing aid has been made by both a board-certified, or a board-eligible physician specializing in otolaryngology, and by a state licensed audiologist. A replacement of an identical hearing aid within one year shall be an exception to this requirement.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 309, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2010.)