334.090 Apprentice permit -- Training stages -- Renewal of permit -- Sponsorship
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of apprentices.
(1)An applicant who fulfills the requirements of KRS 334.050 may apply to the board
for an apprentice permit as provided by the board by the promulgation of an
administrative regulation. The fee shall be established by the board by the
promulgation of an administrative regulation.
(2)The apprenticeship period shall be for twelve
(12)months as follows:
(a)Stage I -- The apprentice shall work for thirty
(30)days under the direct
control of a sponsor. The apprentice shall not in any way fit or test the client
for the purpose of selling hearing instruments.
(b)Stage II -- This training stage shall last for one hundred fifty
(150)days.
During this period the apprentice may conduct testing necessary for the proper
selection and fitting of a hearing instrument, and make ear impressions.
During this period the apprentice shall be under the direct supervision of his
sponsor or a licensed specialist in hearing instruments who shall also qualify
as a sponsor as defined in subsection
(8)of this section. During this period the
apprentice shall not make delivery or final fitting without direct personal
supervision during the actual delivery.
(c)Stage III -- This training stage shall last for one hundred eighty
(180)days.
The apprentice may engage in all activities of a licensed person. He shall,
however, work under and be responsible to a licensed sponsor for the
remainder of the apprentice period.
(3)The stages provided in subsection
(2)of this section shall be completed with no
interim time lapse between stages. If the apprentice leaves his place of training
without approval of his employer, he shall forfeit seniority, and revert to stage I,
subject to appeal to the board.
(4)After completion of the stages provided in subsection
(2)of this section, the
apprentice shall take the qualifying examination given by the board for a license and
upon successfully passing the examination and paying the appropriate fee, may
obtain a license.
(5)If a person who holds an apprentice permit issued under this section takes and fails
to pass the qualifying examination, the board may renew the apprentice permit as
provided by the board by the promulgation of an administrative regulation. A fee
established by the board by the promulgation of an administrative regulation shall
be paid prior to reexamination.
(6)Apprentice permit holders shall be governed by all administrative regulations and
standards of ethical conduct pertaining to regular licensees.
(7)The satisfactory completion of a course in the selling or fitting of hearing
instruments approved by the board may be considered equivalent to stages I and II
of the apprenticeship period.
(8)No person shall sponsor an apprentice unless he is a licensed specialist in hearing
instruments with a minimum of three
(3)years' experience, has obtained NBC-HIS
board certification, or has a current license issued pursuant to this chapter on or before December 31, 1992. No sponsor may have more than two
(2)apprentices at one
(1)time. The sponsor shall be responsible for all sales and service of the apprentices and all monetary reimbursements.