South Carolina § 40-25-80 - Persons to whom chapter inapplicable; selling and fitting of hearing aids incorporated in eyeglasses.
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§ 40-25-80. Persons to whom chapter inapplicable; selling and fitting of hearing aids incorporated in eyeglasses.
(A) This chapter does not:
(1) prevent a person from engaging in the practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing aids if the person or organization employing him does not sell hearing aids or their accessories except for earmolds used only for audiologic evaluation;
(2) apply to a physician or audiologist licensed to practice in South Carolina;
(3) apply to an audiologist or another person while he is engaged in the practice of recommending hearing aids if his practice is part of the academic curriculum of an accredited institution of higher education or part of a program conducted by a public, charitable institution or nonprofit organization which primarily is supported by voluntary contributions, if this organization does not sell hearing aids or accessories.
(B) On the selling and fitting of hearing aids located in the temples of glasses, licensees may not make facial measurements or adapt, fit, or adjust lenses or frames under this chapter, except for the replacement of temples by those incorporating hearing aid components, unless legally qualified to do so under other South Carolina statutes.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 56-745.4; 1971 (57) 1012; 1992 Act No. 312, SECTION 1; 1994 Act No. 337, SECTION 3.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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