Business and Professions Code § 2539.8

ARTICLE 9. Dispensing Audiologists

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2539.8Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 309, Sec. 12. (AB 1535) Effective January 1, 2010.

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.