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| Public Act 096-0846 |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act | ||||
is amended by changing Section 3 and by adding Section 9.5 as | ||||
follows:
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(225 ILCS 50/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 7403)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, except as the | ||||
context
requires otherwise:
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"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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"Director" means the Director of the Department of Public | ||||
Health.
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"License" means a license
issued by the State under this
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Act to a hearing instrument dispenser.
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"Licensed Audiologist" means a person
licensed
as an | ||||
audiologist under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and | ||||
Audiology
Practice Act.
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"National Board Certified Hearing Instrument
Specialist" | ||||
means a person
who has had at least 2 years in practice as a | ||||
licensed hearing
instrument dispenser and has
been certified | ||||
after qualification by examination by the National Board for
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Certification in Hearing Instruments Sciences.
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"Licensed physician" or "physician" means a physician | ||
licensed
in Illinois to
practice medicine in all of its | ||
branches.
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"Trainee" means a person who is licensed to perform the | ||
functions of a hearing instrument dispenser in accordance with | ||
the Department rules and only under the direct supervision of a | ||
hearing instrument dispenser or audiologist who is licensed in | ||
the State. | ||
"Board" means the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection
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Board.
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"Hearing instrument" or "hearing aid" means any instrument | ||
or
device
designed, intended,
or offered for the purpose of | ||
improving a person's hearing and any parts,
attachments,
or
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accessories, including earmold.
Batteries, cords, and | ||
individual or group auditory training devices and any
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instrument or device used by a public utility in providing | ||
telephone or
other communication services are excluded.
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"Practice of fitting, dispensing, or servicing of hearing
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instruments" means
the measurement of human hearing with an
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audiometer, calibrated to
the current American National | ||
Standard Institute standards, for the
purpose of making | ||
selections, recommendations, adaptions, services, or sales of
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hearing instruments including the making of earmolds as a part | ||
of the hearing
instrument.
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"Sell" or "sale" means any transfer of title or of the | ||
right to use
by lease, bailment, or any other contract, | ||
excluding wholesale transactions
with distributors or dealers.
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"Hearing instrument dispenser" means a person who
is a | ||
hearing care professional that engages
in the selling,
practice | ||
of fitting, selecting, recommending, dispensing, or servicing
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of hearing instruments or the testing for means of hearing
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instrument selection or who
advertises or displays a sign or | ||
represents himself or herself as a person
who
practices the | ||
testing, fitting, selecting, servicing, dispensing,
or selling | ||
of hearing instruments.
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"Fund" means the Hearing Instrument Dispenser Examining
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and Disciplinary Fund.
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"Hearing Care Professional" means a person who is a | ||
licensed
audiologist, a licensed hearing instrument dispenser, | ||
or a licensed
physician.
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(Source: P.A. 89-72, eff. 12-31-95.)
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(225 ILCS 50/9.5 new) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) | ||
Sec. 9.5. Trainees. | ||
(a) In order to receive a trainee license, a person must | ||
apply to the Department and provide acceptable evidence of his | ||
or her completion of the required courses pursuant to | ||
subsection (e) of Section 8 of this Act, or its equivalent as | ||
determined by the Department. A trainee license expires 6 | ||
months from the date of issue and is non-renewable. | ||
(b) A trainee shall perform the functions of a hearing | ||
instrument dispenser in accordance with the Department rules | ||
and only under the direct supervision of a hearing instrument | ||
dispenser or audiologist who is licensed in the State. For the | ||
purposes of this Section, "direct supervision" means that the | ||
licensed hearing instrument dispenser or audiologist shall | ||
give final approval to all work performed by the trainee and | ||
shall be physically present anytime the trainee has contact | ||
with the client. The licensed hearing instrument dispenser or | ||
audiologist is responsible for all of the work that is | ||
performed by the trainee. | ||
(c) The Department may limit the number of trainees that | ||
may be under the direct supervision of the same licensed | ||
hearing instrument dispenser or licensed audiologist.
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(d) The Department may establish a trainee licensing fee by | ||
rule. | ||