The purpose and intent of this chapter is to establish and enforce standards of competence and ethics in the dispensing of hearing aid devices or instruments, for profit or otherwise, and to protect the public from the dispensing of hearing aids, for profit or otherwise, by unskilled or unprincipled persons.
History. Ga. L. 1970, p. 653, § 2; Code 1933, § 84-5602, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 1728, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 43 - Professions and Businesses
Chapter 20 - Hearing Aid Dealers and Dispensers
§ 43-20-2. Declaration of Policy
§ 43-20-5. Meetings; Reimbursement of Members; Notice of Meetings
§ 43-20-6. General Powers and Duties of Board; Division Director
§ 43-20-7. License Required; Scope of Authority of License Holders; Issuance of Duplicate Licenses
§ 43-20-8. Issuance of Licenses; Fees
§ 43-20-10. Nonresident Licenses; Reciprocity
§ 43-20-11. Apprentice Dispenser’s Permit; Training Permits
§ 43-20-13. Furnishing Bill of Sale or Receipt to Person Supplied With Hearing Aid
§ 43-20-14. Biennial Renewal of Licenses; Posting Licenses; Duplicate Licenses
§ 43-20-15. Continuing Education Requirement
§ 43-20-16. Denial, Nonrenewal, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses or Permits; Reprimands
§ 43-20-17. Procedure as to Contested Cases; Judicial Review