{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2539.8","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2539.8","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5.3. Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and Hearing Aid Dispensers [2530. - 2539.14.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 9. Dispensing Audiologists [2539.1. - 2539.14.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.3/article-9"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 309, Sec. 12.   (AB 1535)   Effective January 1, 2010.","effective":"2010-01-01","html":"<p>No hearing aid shall be sold by an individual licensed as an audiologist under this chapter to a person 16 years of age or younger, unless within the preceding six months a recommendation for a hearing aid has been made by both a board-certified, or a board-eligible physician specializing in otolaryngology, and by a state licensed audiologist. A replacement of an identical hearing aid within one year shall be an exception to this requirement.</p>","text":"No hearing aid shall be sold by an individual licensed as an audiologist under this chapter to a person 16 years of age or younger, unless within the preceding six months a recommendation for a hearing aid has been made by both a board-certified, or a board-eligible physician specializing in otolaryngology, and by a state licensed audiologist. A replacement of an identical hearing aid within one year shall be an exception to this requirement.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/dispensing-audiologists-2539-8","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}