Sec. 20-400. Temporary permit.
Sec. 20-400. Temporary permit. (a) A temporary permit may be issued to a person
who has submitted proof satisfactory to the department that the applicant has completed
a four-year course at an approved high school or has an equivalent education as determined by the department, upon application on forms prescribed and furnished by the
department, accompanied by a fee of thirty dollars. A temporary permit shall entitle the
applicant to engage in the fitting or sale of hearing aids for a period of one year under
the direct supervision and training of a person holding a valid hearing instruments dispenser's license or a license as an audiologist under chapter 399 or while enrolled in a
course of study approved by the department, except that a person who holds a temporary
permit shall be excluded from making selections of hearing aids.
(b) If a person who holds a temporary permit under this section has not successfully
passed the licensing examination within one year from the date of its issuance, the
temporary permit may be renewed once upon a payment of a thirty-dollar fee for such
renewal.
(1972, P.A. 295, S. 6; P.A. 77-473, S. 5; P.A. 80-484, S. 157, 176; P.A. 87-60, S. 2; P.A. 89-251, S. 144, 203; P.A. 99-111, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 77-473 substituted "fitting or sale" for "fitting and sale" in Subsec. (a); P.A. 80-484 deleted reference to
advisory council's approval of study course and deleted requirements that holder of temporary permit be, or intend to
become, a U.S. citizen and that he be of good moral character in Subsec. (a); P.A. 87-60 excluded a person holding a
temporary permit from making selections of hearing aids; P.A. 89-251 increased the fees from $10 to $30; P.A. 99-111
amended Subsec. (a) to make gender neutral change, to replace reference of hearing aid dealers and fitters license with
reference to hearing instrument dispenser's license and to allow supervision and training of temporary permit holders by
licensed audiologists.