(1) "Council" means the Advisory Council on Hearing Aids, created within the Health Licensing Office.
(2) "Dealing in hearing aids" means the sale, lease or rental or attempted sale, lease or rental of hearing aids in conjunction with the evaluation or measurement of the powers or range of human hearing and the recommendation, selection or adaptation of hearing aids.
(3) "Hearing aid" means any prosthetic instrument or device designed for or represented as aiding, improving or correcting defective human hearing and any parts, attachments or accessories of such an instrument or device. A hearing aid is not intended to include any device which is surgically implanted or otherwise medically inserted by a physician licensed by ORS chapter 677 for the purpose of treating or correcting a hearing impairment. [1959 c.634 §1; 1967 c.631 §1; 1971 c.650 §28; 1985 c.227 §3; 1999 c.885 §43; 2005 c.648 §87; 2013 c.568 §110]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 694 - Hearing Aid Specialists
Section 694.015 - Definitions for ORS 694.015 to 694.170.
Section 694.025 - License required to deal in hearing aids; exceptions.
Section 694.032 - Offer for or sale of hearing aid by direct mail; availability of fitting.
Section 694.036 - Statement to prospective hearing aid purchaser; contents; copy retained.
Section 694.055 - Application for license; qualifications; fee.
Section 694.065 - Training and experience requirements; licensing examination; rules.
Section 694.085 - Licensing; fees; rules.
Section 694.142 - Standards of practice; rules; duty to refer; exceptions.
Section 694.147 - Disciplinary authority of Health Licensing Office.
Section 694.155 - Powers and duties of Health Licensing Office; rules.
Section 694.170 - Duties of council.
Section 694.991 - Penalties; concurrent jurisdiction of offenses.