2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-4701 — Terms, defined.

Section 71-4701
Terms, defined.

As used in sections 71-4701 to 71-4719, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure;

(2) License shall mean a license issued by the state under such sections to hearing aid instrument dispensers and fitters;

(3) Temporary license shall mean a license issued while the applicant is in training to become a licensed hearing aid instrument dispenser and fitter;

(4) Board shall mean the Board of Hearing Aid Instrument Dispensers and Fitters;

(5) Hearing aid shall mean any wearable instrument or device designed for or offered for the purpose of aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing and any parts, attachments, or accessories, including earmold, but excluding batteries and cords. A hearing aid shall also be known as a hearing instrument;

(6) Practice of fitting hearing aids shall mean the measurement of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by other means approved by the board solely for the purpose of making selections, adaptations, or sale of hearing aids. The term also includes the making of impressions for earmolds. A dispenser, at the request of a physician or a member of related professions, may make audiograms for the professional's use in consultation with the hard-of-hearing; and

(7) Sell, sale, or dispense shall mean any transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment, or any other contract, excluding (a) wholesale transactions with distributors or dispensers and (b) distribution of hearing aids by nonprofit service organizations at no cost to the recipient for the hearing aid.

Source:

Laws 1969, c. 767, § 1, p. 2903

Laws 1986, LB 701, § 1

Laws 1987, LB 473, § 50

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 148

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 681

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska