Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 8-1-6 - Responsibilities Of The Licensee6.1. Each licensee engaged in dealing or fitting of hearing aids shall be familiar with the requirements of the law regulating those activities in West Virginia and with the rules of the Board. 6.2. Each licensee engaged in dealing in or fitting of hearing aids shall make timely application for a license or renewal of a license, to complete the forms properly and pay the fees required, and to hold himself or herself available for examination at the times and places designated by the Board.6.3. The licensed dealer or fitter shall use the results of appropriate test procedures on every individual to whom he or she sells or fits a hearing aid, and have them on file for a period of seven (7) years. The minimum acceptable test records are: 6.3.a. Pure tone tests, including air and bone conduction with masking where appropriate; 6.3.b. Speech reception threshold expressed in decibels; 6.3.c. Most comfortable level expressed in decibels; 6.3.d. Discrimination scores expressed in percentage with indication of the test word used.6.4. Full responsibility for the compliance of a trainee permit holder rests with the licensed supervisor who is registered as the trainee's supervisor at the time any noncompliance may occur. The supervisor may relieve himself or herself of the responsibility of a trainee by advising the Board by certified mail and explaining fully the circumstances under which he or she is withdrawing supervisory responsibility of the trainee. The trainee permit shall be forwarded to the Board by the supervisor.