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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 770

(1)  Pure tone audiometry including air and bone
conduction testing and recording.

(2)  Recorded speech audiometry, including speech
reception, threshold testing and speech discrimination
testing.

(3)  Theory and practice of masking methodology.

(4)  Selection and adaptation of hearing aids and
testing of aids.

(5)  Basic repair and maintenance of aids.

(6)  Taking ear mold impressions.

(7)  Other skills as may be required for the
fitting of hearing aids.

(c) No examination of any established association of
hearing aid dealers or manufacturers may be used.
Examinations shall be changed annually.

[744.] 516.

(a)  Upon payment of $20, the Board shall register each
applicant who satisfactorily passes the examination and
shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration.

(b)  If the Board determines that another state or
jurisdiction has requirements equivalent to or higher than
those in effect pursuant to this subtitle for the selling
and the practice of fitting hearing aids, and that this
State or jurisdiction has a program equivalent to or
stricter than the program for determining whether applicants
pursuant to this subtitle are qualified to sell and fit
hearing aids, the Board may issue certificates of
endorsement to applicants therefor who hold current,
unsuspended, and unrevoked certificates or licenses to sell
and fit hearing aids in the other state or jurisdiction. No
applicant for a certificate of endorsement pursuant to this
subsection is required to submit to or undergo any
examination, investigation, or other procedure, other than
the payment of fees, pursuant to [§§ 741, 742 and 743] §§
513, 514, AND 515 of this subtitle. The holder of a
certificate of endorsement shall be registered in the same
manner as holders of certificates of registration. The fee
for an initial certificate of endorsement shall be the same
as the fee for an initial certificate of registration. Fee,
grounds, and procedures for renewal, suspension, and
revocation of certificates of endorsement shall be the same
as for renewal, suspension, and revocation of certificates
of registration.

[745.] 517.