334.010 Definitions for chapter.
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)"Apprentice" means any applicant in training to become a licensed specialist in
hearing instruments;
(2)"Apprentice permit" means a permit issued while the applicant is in training to
become a licensed specialist in hearing instruments;
(3)"Board" means the Kentucky Licensing Board for Specialists in Hearing
Instruments;
(4)"Client" means the user or purchaser of the hearing instrument;
(5)"License" means a license issued by the board under this chapter to specialists in
hearing instruments;
(6)"Over-the-counter hearing aid" means air conduction hearing aids that satisfy the
requirements in the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Controls, 21 C.F.R. sec.
800.30(c) to (f), and are considered available over the counter pursuant to 21 U.S.C.
sec. 360j(q)(1)(A)(v), but do not satisfy the regulatory requirements for prescription
hearing aids;
(7)"Practice of fitting hearing instruments" means the measurement of human hearing
by means of an audiometer for the purpose of making selections, adaptions, and
adjustments of hearing instruments, including both over-the-counter hearing aids
and prescription hearing aids. The practice of fitting hearing instruments also
includes the making of ear mold impressions and custom earmolds and ordering the
use of hearing instruments;
(8)"Practice of selling and fitting hearing instruments" means selling, ordering the use
of, and fitting prescription hearing aids and over-the-counter hearing aids, including
the measurement of human hearing by means of an audiometer for the purpose of
making selections, adaptions, and adjustments of hearing instruments. The practice
of selling and fitting hearing instruments also includes the making of ear mold
impressions and custom earmolds and ordering the use of hearing instruments;
(9)"Prescription hearing aid" means a Class 1 or Class 2 device as defined in the
federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. sec. 321(h), that is not an over-
the-counter hearing aid as defined in Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Controls, 21
C.F.R. sec. 800.30, or a hearing aid that does not satisfy the regulatory requirements
for over-the-counter hearing aids;
(10)"Sell" or "sale" means any transfer of title or transfer of the right to use by lease,
bailment, or any other means;
(11)"Specialist in hearing instruments" means any individual licensed under this
chapter;
(12)"Sponsor" means a licensed specialist in hearing instruments qualified under KRS
334.090(8) who assumes professional responsibility for an apprentice; and
(13)"Used" or "not new," with respect to a hearing instrument, means a hearing
instrument that has been the subject of a sale and the title to which was held by the
client for a period longer than thirty
(30)days.