2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 334 - SPECIALISTS IN HEARING INSTRUMENTS
.010 Definitions for chapter.

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KY Rev Stat § 334.010 (2018)
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334.010 Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the Kentucky Licensing Board for Specialists in Hearing Instruments. (2) "License" means a license issued by the board under this chapter to specialists in hearing instruments. (3) "Apprentice permit" means a permit issued while the applicant is in training to become a licensed specialist in hearing instruments. (4) "Hearing instrument" means any wearable instrument or device designed for or represented as aiding or improving defective human hearing and any parts, attachments, or accessories of such an instrument or device. (5) "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. The term also includes the making of ear mold impressions and custom earmolds. (6) "Sell or sale" means any transfer of title or transfer of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other means. (7) A used or not new hearing instrument is one (1) 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. (8) "Client" means the user or purchaser of the hearing instrument. (9) "Specialist in hearing instruments" means any individual licensed under this chapter. (10) "Apprentice" means any applicant in training to become a licensed specialist in hearing instruments. (11) "Sponsor" means a licensed specialist in hearing instruments qualified under KRS 334.090(8) who assumes professional responsibility for an apprentice. Effective: July 15, 1996 History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 272, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 460, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 276, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 308, sec. 58. --Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 1.
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