Chapter HAS 1

Register September 2005 No. 597

Chapter HAS 1

LICENSURE OF HEARING INSTRUMENT SPECIALISTS

HAS 1.005   Authority.

HAS 1.01   Definitions.

Ch. HAS 1 Note Note: Chapter Had 1 was renumbered Chapter HAS 1 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1, Stats., Register, April, 1992, No. 436.

HAS 1.005 HAS 1.005 Authority. The rules in chs. HAS 1 to 5 are adopted pursuant to ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11 (2) and 459.12 (1), Stats.

HAS 1.005 History History: Cr. Register, July, 1998, No. 511, eff. 8-1-98.

HAS 1.01 HAS 1.01 Definitions. As used in chs. HAS 1 to 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

HAS 1.01(1a) (1a) “Board” means the hearing and speech examining board.

HAS 1.01(2) (2) “Department” means the department of safety and professional services.

HAS 1.01(2a) (2a) “Direct supervision” means being physically present at the time the trainee makes ear impressions or measurements of human hearing for the purpose of fitting or selling a hearing instrument or fits or sells a hearing instrument.

HAS 1.01(2m) (2m) “Full terms of sale” means the conditions of a sale agreed to by a hearing instrument specialist and the purchaser of a hearing instrument.

HAS 1.01(2n) (2n) “Hearing instrument” means a hearing aid, as defined in s. 459.01 (2), Stats.

HAS 1.01(3) (3) “License” means a license issued by the department under s. 459.05, Stats., to hearing instrument specialists.

HAS 1.01(5) (5) “Practice” means the practice of fitting and dealing in hearing instruments, as defined in s. 459.01 (5), Stats.

HAS 1.01(5m) (5m) “Seller’s guarantee” means a promise made by a hearing instrument specialist to a hearing instrument purchaser to provide the minimum product warranty offered by a manufacturer.

HAS 1.01(5n) (5n) “Sufficient cause” means illness or other hardship.

HAS 1.01(6) (6) “Trainee” means the holder of a permit.

HAS 1.01(7) (7) “Trainee permit” has the meaning given in s. 459.01 (7), Stats.

HAS 1.01 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1975, No. 231, eff. 4-1-75; correction in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6., Stats., Register, April, 1992, No. 436; am. (intro.), (2) to (5), Register, July, 1992, No. 439, eff. 8-1-92; am. (intro.), Register, January, 1994, No. 457, eff. 2-1-94; cr. (2m), (5m), Register, January, 1995, No. 469, eff. 2-1-95; renum. (1) to be (1a), cr. (1) and (2a), Register, August, 1995, No. 476, eff. 9-1-95; am. (1), (2a) (a), (b), (2m), (3) and (5m), cr. (2n) and (5n), renum. (4) to be (7) and am., Register, July, 1998, No. 511, eff. 8-1-98; r. (1), (2a) (b), renum. and am. (2a) (intro.) and (a) to be (2a) and am. (5n), Register, February, 1999, No. 518, eff. 3-1-99; correction in (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register February 2012 No. 674.