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2011 SESSION
11100897DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 54.1-1501 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 54.1-1501. Exemptions; sale of hearing aids by corporations, etc., measuring hearing.
A. Physicians licensed to practice in Virginia and certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology or eligible for such certification shall not be required to pass an examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a license under this chapter.
B. Audiologists [ with a doctoral degree in audiology ] licensed to practice in Virginia shall not be required to pass an examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a license under this chapter.
C. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a corporation, partnership, trust, association or other like organization maintaining an established business address from engaging in the business of selling or offering for sale hearing aids at retail without a license, provided that it employs only licensed practitioners in the direct sale and fitting of such products.
C D. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any
person who does not sell hearing aids or accessories or who is not employed by
an organization which sells hearing aids or accessories from engaging in the
practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing
aids.