Wisconsin § 459.03 - Receipt required to be furnished to a person supplied with hearing aid.
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§ 459.03. Receipt required to be furnished to a person supplied with hearing aid.
459.03(1) (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m) , a hearing instrument specialist who engages in the practice of ordering, fitting, and dealing in hearing aids shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing aid a receipt. The receipt shall contain the signature and show the business address and license title and number of the hearing instrument specialist, together with specifications as to the make and model of the hearing aid furnished and full terms of sale clearly stated. If a hearing aid which is not new is sold, the receipt and the container thereof must be clearly marked as “used” or “reconditioned” whichever is applicable. 459.03(1m) (1m) A hearing instrument specialist is not required to deliver a receipt to a person supplied with a hearing aid if the supplied hearing aid is an over-the-counter hearing aid, as defined in 21 USC 360j (q). 459.03(2) (2) The receipt shall contain all of the following information, that shall be set out in not less than 8-point type: 459.03(2)(a) (a) The terms of the guarantee, if there is any given; and 459.03(2)(b) (b) A statement that the purchaser has been advised by the hearing instrument specialist that any examination or representation made by the hearing instrument specialist in connection with the fitting and selling of this hearing aid is not an examination, diagnosis, or prescription by a person licensed to practice medicine in this state and therefore must not be regarded as medical opinion or advice. 459.03 History History: 1989 a. 316 ; 1991 a. 32 ; 1997 a. 49 ; 2003 a. 270 ; 2009 a. 356 ; 2023 a. 179 .
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Section 459.03 ("Receipt required to be furnished to a person supplied with hearing aid.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. 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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