§ 5-49-2.1. Certificates of need.
(a) No person, firm, association, or corporation shall sell or attempt to sell, or make available, any hearing aid instrument or hearing prosthetic device to a prospective consumer or purchaser, unless that consumer or purchaser has first obtained and presented to the seller a certificate of need on forms prescribed and furnished by the director of the department of health.
(b) The certificate shall be signed by a physician licensed in the state under the provisions of chapter 37 of this title and attest that, pursuant to an otological examination, it is his or her diagnosis that the prospective patient-purchaser has a hearing impediment of a nature as to indicate the need for a hearing aid instrument or hearing prosthetic device.
History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 177, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-49 - Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters
Section 5-49-1. - Definitions.
Section 5-49-2. - License required to sell or fit hearing aids.
Section 5-49-2.1. - Certificates of need.
Section 5-49-2.2. - Records of transactions.
Section 5-49-2.3. - Penalty for violations of §§ 5-49-2.1 and 5-49-2.2.
Section 5-49-3. - Receipt required to be furnished to a person supplied with hearing aid.
Section 5-49-4. - Persons and practices exempted.
Section 5-49-6. - Issuance of licenses and certificates of endorsement.
Section 5-49-7. - License by examination.
Section 5-49-8. - Temporary permits.
Section 5-49-9. - Scope of examination.
Section 5-49-10. - Notice to department of place of business — Notice to holders of license.
Section 5-49-11. - Duration of license — Renewal of license — Fees — Effect of failure to renew.
Section 5-49-12. - Complaints — Grounds and proceedings for revocation or suspension of licenses.
Section 5-49-13. - Prohibited acts and practices.
Section 5-49-14. - Powers and duties of department.
Section 5-49-15. - Board — Creation — Composition — Appointment and terms.
Section 5-49-16. - Board — Duties.
Section 5-49-17. - Board — Meetings.
Section 5-49-18. - Disposition of receipts — Hearing aid revenues.
Section 5-49-19. - Penalty for violations.
Section 5-49-20. - Severability.
Section 5-49-21. - Rules and regulations.