2015 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 38 - HEALTH OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
38-1512 License; examination;
conditions.
38-1512. License; examination; conditions.
(1) Any person may obtain a hearing instrument specialist license under the Hearing Instrument Specialists Practice Act by successfully passing a qualifying examination if the applicant:
(a) Is at least twenty-one years of age; and
(b) Has an education equivalent to a four-year course in an accredited high school.
(2) The qualifying examination shall consist of written and practical tests. The examination shall not be conducted in such a manner that college training is required in order to pass. Nothing in this examination shall imply that the applicant is required to possess the degree of medical competence normally expected of physicians.
(3) The department shall give examinations approved by the board. A minimum of two examinations shall be offered each calendar year.
(4) The department shall issue a hearing instrument specialist license without examination to a licensed audiologist who maintains a practice pursuant to licensure as an audiologist in which hearing instruments are regularly dispensed or who intends to maintain such a practice upon application to the department, proof of licensure as an audiologist, and payment of a twenty-five-dollar fee.
Source
- Laws 1969, c. 767, § 7, p. 2907;
- Laws 1986, LB 701, § 6;
- Laws 1987, LB 473, § 53;
- Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 153;
- R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-4707;
- Laws 2007, LB247, § 53;
- Laws 2007, LB247, § 71;
- Laws 2007, LB463, § 576;
- Laws 2009, LB195, § 30.
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