South Dakota § 36-24-1.7 - Scope of hearing aid dispensing.
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§ 36-24-1.7. Scope of hearing aid dispensing.
The scope of practice of licensed hearing aid dispensing involves:
(1) The evaluation or measurement of hearing in a patient eighteen years or older, by means of an audiometer, for the sole purpose of determining whether a hearing loss will be sufficiently improved by the use of a hearing aid or other hearing instrument to justify prescribing and selling the hearing aid or instrument, and whether that hearing aid or instrument will be in the best interest of the patient;
(2) The prescribing and fitting of an appropriate hearing aid or other hearing instrument based on a patient’s hearing loss, ear anatomy, and physical considerations;
(3) The removal of cerumen only as needed when cerumen is impeding the fitting, verification, or function of a hearing aid or other hearing instrument;
(4) The making of impressions or earmolds for the fitting of a hearing aid or other hearing instrument or hearing protection;
(5) The sale and professional placement of the hearing aid or other hearing instrument on a patient;
(6) Intervention necessary to ensure the optimum improvement in hearing ability when utilizing a hearing aid or other hearing instrument;
(7) The education of a patient on the use and care of the hearing aid or other hearing instrument; and
(8) Referring a patient to an appropriate medical professional for any ear-related condition that is observed beyond recognized sensorineural hearing loss.
Source: SL 2024, ch 159, § 3.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 36-24-1.7 ("Scope of hearing aid dispensing.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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