Section 104-03-01-05 - Requirements for licensure1. Applicants may obtain a license by successfully passing a qualifying examination, provided the applicant is eighteen years of age or older, of good moral character, and has an education equivalent to a four-year course in an accredited high school. 2. The examination must include: a. Tests of knowledge in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting of hearing instruments: (1) Basic physics of sound. (2) The anatomy and physiology of the ear. (3) The function of hearing instruments. (4) Hearing instrument evaluating and fitting process. (5) Elementary audiology. b. Practical tests of proficiency in the following techniques as they pertain to the fitting of hearing instruments: (1) Pure-tone audiometry, including air conduction testing and bone conduction testing. (2) Live voice or recorded voice speech audiometry, including speech reception threshold testing and most comfortable loudness measurements and measurements of tolerance thresholds. (3) Masking when indicated. (4) Recording, evaluation, and interpreting audiograms and speech audiometry to determine proper selection and adaption of a hearing instrument for air, bone, and speech audiometry. (5) Otoscopic examination of the ear and taking earmold impressions. (6) Selection and adaption of hearing instruments. (7) Knowledge of calibration of equipment. (8) Knowledge of North Dakota Century Code chapter 43-33 and the rules adopted by the board. 3. A minimum score of seventy percent is required on the written examination and seventy-five percent on the practicum examination. If a lower score is received on either examination, the applicant must be required to retake that examination. N.D. Admin Code 104-03-01-05
General Authority: NDCC 43-33-14
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-33-06, 43-33-07