(a) Any person who engages in the practice of dispensing and fitting hearing instruments shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing instrument, by the dispensing person’s or at the dispensing person’s order or direction, a bill of sale that contains each of the following:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-17-216

  • Council: means the council for licensing hearing instrument specialists. See Tennessee Code 63-17-201
  • 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. See Tennessee Code 63-17-201
  • Licensed hearing instrument specialist: means any person licensed by this part who has passed a council-approved psychometrically-sound examination for hearing instrument specialists. See Tennessee Code 63-17-201
  • Person: means any individual, organization or corporate body except that only individuals can be licensed under this chapter. See Tennessee Code 63-17-103
  • 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. See Tennessee Code 63-17-201
  • 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. See Tennessee Code 63-17-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The signature of the licensed hearing instrument specialist, the address of the specialist’s regular place of business and the specialist’s license number and license expiration date;
(2) The make and model of the hearing instrument supplied, and the amount charged for the hearing instrument and whether the hearing instrument is new, used or rebuilt;
(3) A clear statement of the terms of sale, including the provisions required by § 63-17-217; and
(4) The name and address of the council and a statement that the council will receive complaints on any matter relating to the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments.
(b) Any sale of a hearing instrument is subject to the same conditions and provisions as are prescribed by the United States food and drug administration and the federal trade commission.
(c) Any hearing aid that is sold, fitted or dispensed to a consumer in this state shall be clearly and permanently marked with:

(1) The name of the manufacturer or distributor or the model name or number;
(2) The serial number; and
(3) The year of manufacture.
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