Ch. 23

LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 515

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1988 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Business Occupations
Section 8-304(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____ (S.B. 1) of the

Acts of the General Assembly of 1989)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

515.

(a)  The examination required under § 514 of this subtitle
shall test knowledge of the following areas:

(1)  Basic physics of sound.

(2)  The human hearing mechanism, including the
science of hearing and the causes and rehabilitation of hearing
disorders.

(3)  Structure and functions of hearing aids.

(4)  Basic psychology relating to the hearing
impaired.

(5)  Availability of social services and other special
resources for the hearing impaired.

(6)  The provisions of this subtitle.

(b)  The examination shall test proficiency in the following
techniques:

(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.

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