Filed as: South Dakota Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Audiologists
The Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Audiologists updated its licensing rules to align with 2024 state law changes and modernize the language. Key changes include eliminating the requirement that hearing aid dispensers consult physicians before fitting aids (they now only need to advise customers to consult one if certain conditions exist), removing the age threshold that previously required physician consultation for patients under 16, and streamlining continuing education requirements to require twelve hours by July first with proof submitted at renewal. The board also cleaned up fee schedules by consolidating application and renewal fees at two hundred dollars for both hearing aid dispensers and audiologists, adding separate fifty-dollar late fees for renewals and reinstatements, eliminating provisional audiologist licenses, and establishing a one-year deadline for applicants to complete incomplete applications or have them withdrawn.
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Reflects changes made to statute during the 2024 legislative session, provides general language clean-up to reflect current terminology and practice, and corrects legal and authority references.
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