2006 Code of Virginia § 54.1-1501 - Exemptions; sale of hearing aids by corporations, etc., measuring hearing

54.1-1501. Exemptions; sale of hearing aids by corporations, etc.,measuring hearing.

A. Physicians licensed to practice in Virginia and certified by the AmericanBoard of Otolaryngology or eligible for such certification shall not berequired to pass an examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a licenseunder this chapter.

B. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a corporation, partnership, trust,association or other like organization maintaining an established businessaddress from engaging in the business of selling or offering for sale hearingaids at retail without a license, provided that it employs only licensedpractitioners in the direct sale and fitting of such products.

C. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any person who does not sellhearing aids or accessories or who is not employed by an organization whichsells hearing aids or accessories from engaging in the practice of measuringhuman hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing aids.

(1970, c. 571, 54-524.111, 54-524.112; 1974, c. 534; 1986, c. 279; 1988,c. 765; 1996, c. 741.)