West Virginia Code 30-26-17 – Prohibited acts and practices
Any of the following acts are hereby prohibited and shall be punishable under section eighteen of this article and shall also constitute unethical practice and no person shall:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-26-17
- 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
(1) Sell, barter or offer to sell or barter a license issued pursuant to this article.
(2) Purchase or procure by barter any such license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder's qualifications to engage in the practice of dealing in or fitting of hearing aids.
(3) Alter materially a license issued pursuant to this article.
(4) Use or attempt to use as a valid license any license which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited or materially altered.
(5) Willfully make any false statement in an application for license or for renewal thereof.
(6) Advertise for the mail-order sale of hearing aids in any advertising medium or sell hearing aids by mail to any person other than distributors, dealers or those excluded from the provisions of this article.