New Jersey Statutes 45:9A-2. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:9A-2
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. “Board” means the State Board of Medical Examiners.
b. “Committee” means the Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining Committee.
c. “Hearing aid” means an electro-acoustic system scientifically designed to be head or body worn by an individual. Its basic components shall be a microphone, amplifier, and receiver. Each component shall be adapted to the needs of the individual. These needs shall be measured in acoustic gain, frequency response, and maximum power output.
d. “Practice of dispensing and fitting hearing aids” means the evaluation or measurement of the power or range of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by any other means devised and the consequent selection of adaptation or sale of hearing aids intended to compensate for hearing loss, including the making of an impression of the ear.
e. “Hearing aid dispenser” means a person engaged in the fitting and selling of hearing aids to a person with impaired hearing.
f. “Director” means the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs.
L.1973, c. 19, s. 2, eff. Jan. 31, 1973.