No person may:

(1) sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter a license;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-25-180

  • 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 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) purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder’s qualification to engage in the practice of specializing in hearing aids;

(3) alter a license with fraudulent intent;

(4) use or attempt to use as a valid license a license which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered;

(5) wilfully make a false statement in an application for license or application for renewal of license.