South Carolina Code 40-25-110. Qualifications of applicants for examinations; conduct of examinations
(1) is at least twenty-one years of age;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-25-110
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Commission: means the State Commission for Hearing Aid Specialists. See South Carolina Code 40-25-20
- Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 40-25-20
- License: means a license issued by the department under this chapter to hearing aid specialists. See South Carolina Code 40-25-20
- Practice of specializing in hearing aids: means the measurement of human hearing by an audiometer and by other established means solely for fitting, making selections, adaptations, or sale of hearing aids. See South Carolina Code 40-25-20
(2) has an education equivalent to a four-year course in an accredited high school.
(B) [Reserved]
(C) An applicant for license by examination shall appear at a time, place, and before persons the department may designate to be examined by means of written and practical tests in order to demonstrate that he is qualified to engage in the practice of specializing in hearing aids. The examination administered as directed by the department constituting standards for licensing must not be conducted so that college training is required to pass the examination. Nothing in this examination may imply that the applicant possess the degree of medical competence normally expected of physicians. If an applicant fails the practical portion of the examination, he may appeal to the commission.
(D) The department shall give examinations at least once a year.