(a) This part shall not be construed to prevent any person who is a physician licensed to practice by the board of medical examiners from treating or fitting hearing instruments to the human ear.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 63-17-206

  • Apprentice licensee applicant: means any person who is registered with the council and, who is engaged in an approved licensing program and who is sponsored by a hearing instrument specialist duly licensed in this state. See Tennessee Code 63-17-201
  • Audiologist: means one who practices audiology or one holding oneself out to the public by any title or description of services incorporating the words "audiologist" "audiology" "audiological" "hearing center" "hearing clinic" "hearing clinician" "hearing therapist" or any similar titles or descriptions of service. See Tennessee Code 63-17-103
  • Board: means the board of communication disorders and sciences created by §. See Tennessee Code 63-17-201
  • 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
(b) It is lawful for any person, who meets the requirements of §§ 63-17-205 and 63-17-207 and, who is listed as an apprentice licensee applicant with the council and who is under the direct supervision of a sponsoring licensed hearing instrument specialist to perform any of the services or acts included in the definition of hearing instrument dispensing and fitting as contained in this part; provided, that such person does so under the direct supervision of the licensed hearing instrument specialist and with the licensed dispenser making final selection and fitting to the client. No licensed dispenser shall supervise more than two (2) such apprentice licensee applicants or apprentice licensees combined at the same time.
(c) This part shall not be construed to prevent any person who is an audiologist licensed by the board from practicing audiology as defined in § 63-17-103, nor to prevent any person who is a speech-language pathologist licensed by the board from practicing speech-language pathology as defined in § 63-17-103.
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