California Business and Professions Code 2538.10 – For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall …
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Advertise” and its variants include the use of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, book, notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, handbill, poster, bill, sign, placard, card, label, tag, window display, store sign, radio, or television announcement, or any other means or methods now or hereafter employed to bring to the attention of the public the practice of fitting or selling of hearing aids.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 2538.10
- Hearing aid dispenser: as used in this article , means a person engaged in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids to an individual with impaired hearing. See California Business and Professions Code 2538.14
- license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
- Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization or combination thereof, except that only individuals can be licensed under this chapter. See California Business and Professions Code 2530.2
(b) “License” means a hearing aid dispenser‘s license issued pursuant to this article and includes a temporary or trainee license.
(c) “Licensee” means a person holding a license.
(d) “Hearing aid” means any wearable instrument or device designed for, or offered for the purpose of, aiding or compensating for impaired human hearing.
(e) “Fund” means the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 454, Sec. 9. (AB 1706) Effective January 1, 2018.)