Section 58-46a-501 - Unprofessional conduct"Unprofessional conduct" includes:
(1) testing the hearing of a patient for any purpose other than to determine whether a hearing loss will be improved by the use of a hearing instrument;(2) failing to make an appropriate referral to a qualified health care provider with respect to a condition detected in a patient examined by a licensee under this chapter if the condition is generally recognized in the profession as one that should be referred;(3) designating a hearing instrument for a patient whose hearing will not be sufficiently improved to justify prescribing and selling of the hearing instrument;(4) making false, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, or exaggerated claims with respect to practice under this chapter and specifically with respect to the benefits of a hearing instrument or the degree to which a hearing instrument will benefit a patient;(5) failing to exercise caution in providing a patient a prognosis to assure the patient is not led to expect results that cannot be accurately predicted;(6) failing to provide appropriate follow-up care and consultation with respect to a patient to whom a hearing instrument has been prescribed and sold upon being informed by the patient that the hearing instrument does not produce the results represented by the licensee;(7) failing to disclose in writing to the patient the charge for all services and hearing instruments prescribed and sold to a patient prior to providing the services or hearing instrument;(8) failing to refund fees paid by a patient for a hearing instrument and all accessories, upon a determination by the division that the patient has not obtained the recovery of hearing represented by the licensee in writing prior to designation and sale of the hearing instrument;(9) paying any professional person any consideration of any kind for referral of a patient;(10) failing, when acting as a supervising hearing instrument specialist, to provide supervision and training in hearing instrument sciences in accordance with Section 58-46a-302.5;(11) engaging in the practice as a hearing instrument intern when not under the supervision of a supervising hearing instrument specialist in accordance with Section 58-46a-302.5;(12) failing to describe the circuitry in any advertisement, presentation, purchase, or trial agreement as being either "digital" or "analog"; or other acceptable terms as determined by the division;(13) failing to follow the guidelines or policies of the United States Federal Trade Commission in any advertisement;(14) failing to adhere to the rules and regulations prescribed by the United States Food and Drug Administration as they pertain to the hearing instrument specialist;(15) failing to maintain all equipment used in the practice of a hearing instrument specialist properly calibrated and in good working condition; and(16) failing to comply with any of the requirements set forth in Section 58-46a-502 or 58-46a-503.Amended by Chapter 154, 2020 General Session ,§ 36, eff. 5/12/2020.Amended by Chapter 50, 2002 General Session.Affected by 63I-1-258 on 7/1/2023