Section 63-17-201 - Part definitionsAs used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Apprentice licensee applicant" means any person who is registered with the council and, who is engaged in an approved licensing program and who is sponsored by a hearing instrument specialist duly licensed in this state. The apprentice licensee applicant shall meet the qualifications of § 63-17-207;(2) "Apprentice program" means sixty (60) classroom hours of prescribed coursework under the direct supervision of a hearing instrument specialist, with such coursework pertaining to all aspects of hearing instrument dispensing;(3) "Board" means the board of communication disorders and sciences created by § 63-17-104;(4) "Cerumen" means a wax like secretion from glands in the external auditory canal;(5) "Council" means the council for licensing hearing instrument specialists;(6) "Division" means the division of health related boards in the department of health;(7) "Hearing instrument" means any instrument or device designed for or represented as aiding, improving or correcting defective human hearing and any parts, attachments or accessories of such an instrument or device;(8) "Licensed hearing instrument specialist" means any person licensed by this part who has passed a council-approved psychometrically-sound examination for hearing instrument specialists;(9) "Otolaryngologist" means a physician specialist dedicated to the care of patients with disorders of the ears, nose, throat, and related structures of the head and neck, commonly referred to as ENTs;(10) "Practice of dispensing and fitting hearing instruments" includes: (A) The evaluation or measurement of the powers or range of human hearing by means of an audiometer for the consequent selection or adaptation for sale of hearing instruments intended to compensate for hearing loss, and the appropriate instructions, consultations, suggestions, recommendations, or opinions related to this practice;(B) Making an impression of the ear, or an ear mold; and(C) Cerumen management in the course of examining ears by a person who holds a certification of completion of a cerumen management course, as described in § 63-17-224; and(11) "Sell" or "sale" includes any transfer of title or of the right to use by lease, bailment or any other contract, either oral or written, except wholesale sales to distributors or dispensers.Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 622, Secs.s 1, s 2 eff. 7/1/2022.