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Code · Utah · Title 58 — Occupations and Professions · Chapter 46A

58-46a-102. Definitions.

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Effective 5/6/2026
58-46a-102. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)"Direct supervision" means supervision where the supervising audiologist or supervising hearing instrument specialist is present in the same facility as is the individual being supervised and is available for immediate in person consultation.
(a)"Hearing instrument" means a wearable device offered to compensate for human hearing loss, including the device's parts, attachments, or accessories.
(b)"Hearing instrument" includes an acoustic-air conduction amplification device that the United States Food and Drug Administration regulates as hearing aids.
(c)"Hearing instrument" does not include a device that is surgically implanted in the cochlea or under the skin near the ear.
(3)"Hearing instrument intern" means an individual licensed under this chapter who is obtaining education and experience in the practice of a hearing instrument specialist under the supervision of a supervising hearing instrument specialist or supervising audiologist.
(4)"Hearing instrument specialist" means an individual who:
(a)establishes a place of business to practice as a hearing instrument specialist;
(b)tests the hearing of a human patient over five years old for the sole purpose of determining whether the use of a hearing instrument will improve hearing loss sufficiently to justify prescribing and selling the hearing instrument and whether that hearing instrument will be in the best interest of the patient;
(c)provides the patient a written statement of prognosis regarding the need for or usefulness of a hearing instrument for the patient's condition;
(d)prescribes an appropriate hearing instrument;
(e)makes impressions or ear molds for the fitting of a hearing instrument;
(f)sells and professionally places the hearing instrument on a patient;
(g)evaluates the hearing loss overcome by the installation of the hearing instrument and evaluates the hearing recovery against the representations the hearing instrument specialist made to the patient;
(h)intervenes to produce satisfactory hearing recovery results from a hearing instrument; or
(i)instructs the patient on the use and care of the hearing instrument.
(5)"Indirect supervision" means supervision where the supervising hearing instrument specialist or supervising audiologist is not required to be present in the same facility as the individual being supervised, but is available for voice to voice contact by telephone, radio, or other means at the initiation of the supervised individual.
(a)"Licensed individual" means an individual who is:
(i)licensed under this chapter; or
(ii)licensed under this chapter before May 6, 2026, if the license is not expired, suspended, or revoked.
(b)"Licensed individual" means the same as a licensed individual for purposes of credentialing, paneling, insurance, reimbursement, portability, and compacts.
(7)"Supervising audiologist" means an audiologist who:
(a)holds a license and maintains good standing with the division;
(b)practices full-time as an audiologist and has done so for at least two years; and
(c)submits a request to the division on a form the division approves and receives approval from the division to supervise a hearing instrument intern.
(8)"Supervising hearing instrument specialist" means a hearing instrument specialist who:
(a)holds a license issued in accordance with this chapter and maintains good standing with the division;
(b)practices full-time as a hearing instrument specialist and has done so for at least two years; and
(c)submits a request to the division on a form the division approves and receives approval from the division to supervise a hearing instrument intern.
(9)"Unlawful conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Section 58-1-501 .
(10)"Unprofessional conduct" means the same as that term is defined in Sections 58-1-501 and 58-46a-501 .
Amended by Chapter 140 , 2026 General Session
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