Montana § 37-16-102 - Definitions
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§ 37-16-102. Definitions
Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter the following definitions apply: (1) "Department" means the department of labor and industry provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17. (2) "Licensed hearing aid dispenser" is an individual who orders, fits, sells, and dispenses prescription hearing aids. (3) "Over-the-counter hearing aid" has the definition specified in 21 CFR 800.30 in effect on January 1, 2023. (4) "Permanent place of business" means the primary site in this state at which a person licensed under this chapter conducts testing and fitting of prescription hearing aids and related devices. (5) "Practice of ordering, selling, dispensing, and fitting prescription hearing aids" means the evaluation or measurement of the powers or range of human hearing by means of an audiometer and a visual examination of the ear and canal or by any other means devised and the consequent ordering, selection, adaption, sale, dispensing, or fitting of prescription hearing aids intended to compensate for various auditory ranges, including eyeglass prescription hearing aids and their fittings, and the making of an impression of the ear and the subsequent selection of a proper ear mold, but does not include batteries, cords, or accessories. (6) "Prescription hearing aid" has the definition specified in 21 CFR 801.422 in effect on January 1, 2023. The term does not include an over-the-counter hearing aid. (7) "Various auditory ranges" means a diversity in the hearing process that may occur in the outer, middle, or inner ear, whereby sound waves are not converted to electrical signals and nerve impulses are not transmitted to the brain to be interpreted.
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