(a) A person who is engaged in the practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids shall renew his license annually upon payment of the prescribed renewal fee. A thirty-day period shall be allowed after expiration of a license during which any such license may be renewed upon payment of the renewal fee plus a penalty for late filing. After the expiration of such thirty-day period, the board may renew such license upon payment of twice the prescribed renewal fee. No person who applies for renewal, whose license was suspended for failure to renew, may be required to submit to any examination as a condition of renewal if application is made within two years following the date such license was so suspended.

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-26-9

  • Board: means the West Virginia board of hearing-aid dealers. See West Virginia Code 30-26-1
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • License: means any license issued under the provisions of this article and shall include a temporary license. See West Virginia Code 30-26-1
  • Person: means and includes any individual, partnership, trust, association, corporation or other like organization, or any combination thereof. See West Virginia Code 30-26-1
  • Practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids: means and includes:

    (a) The measurement or other testing of human hearing by means of an audiometer, or by any other means. See West Virginia Code 30-26-1

(b) In each even numbered year beginning with the year one thousand nine hundred eighty-eight, each applicant for renewal of license shall present to the board evidence of continuing study and education of not less than twenty hours in a course of study approved by the board. Such twenty hours of instruction must have been gained during the immediately preceding two years.