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Chapter 153A
Section 153A.20
Recent History
- 2023 153A.20 Amended 2023 c 70 art 3 s 80
- 2014 Subd. 2 Amended 2014 c 286 art 8 s 21
- 2005 Subd. 1 Amended 2005 c 147 art 7 s 18
- 2003 Subd. 1 Amended 2003 c 87 s 50
- 2001 Subd. 1 Amended 2001 c 7 s 42
- 1998 Subd. 3 Amended 1998 c 317 s 27
- 1995 153A.20 New 1995 c 164 s 31
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153A.20 HEARING INSTRUMENT DISPENSER ADVISORY COUNCIL.
Subdivision 1. Membership. The commissioner shall appoint seven persons to a Hearing
Instrument Dispenser Advisory Council.
(a) The seven persons must include:
(1) three public members, as defined in section 214.02. At least one of the public members
shall be a hearing instrument user and one of the public members shall be either a hearing
instrument user or an advocate of one; and
(2) three hearing instrument dispensers certified under sections 153A.14 to 153A.20, each
of whom is currently, and has been for the five years immediately preceding their appointment,
engaged in hearing instrument dispensing in Minnesota and who represent the occupation of
hearing instrument dispensing and who are not audiologists; and
(3) one audiologist licensed as an audiologist under chapter 148 who dispenses hearing
instruments, recommended by a professional association representing audiologists and
speech-language pathologists.
(b) The factors the commissioner may consider when appointing advisory council members
include, but are not limited to, professional affiliation, geographical location, and type of practice.
(c) No two members of the advisory council shall be employees of, or have binding contracts
requiring sales exclusively for, the same hearing instrument manufacturer or the same employer.
Subd. 2. Organization. The advisory council shall be organized and administered according
to section 15.059, except that, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the advisory council
shall not expire. The council may form committees to carry out its duties.
Subd. 3. Duties. At the commissioner's request, the advisory council shall:
(1) advise the commissioner regarding hearing instrument dispenser certification standards;
(2) provide for distribution of information regarding hearing instrument dispenser
certification standards;
(3) review investigation summaries of competency violations and make recommendations to
the commissioner as to whether the allegations of incompetency are substantiated; and
(4) perform other duties as directed by the commissioner.
History: 1995 c 164 s 31; 1998 c 317 s 27; 2001 c 7 s 42; 2003 c 87 s 50; 2005 c 147
art 7 s 18
Subdivision 1. Membership. The commissioner shall appoint seven persons to a Hearing
Instrument Dispenser Advisory Council.
(a) The seven persons must include:
(1) three public members, as defined in section 214.02. At least one of the public members
shall be a hearing instrument user and one of the public members shall be either a hearing
instrument user or an advocate of one; and
(2) three hearing instrument dispensers certified under sections 153A.14 to 153A.20, each
of whom is currently, and has been for the five years immediately preceding their appointment,
engaged in hearing instrument dispensing in Minnesota and who represent the occupation of
hearing instrument dispensing and who are not audiologists; and
(3) one audiologist licensed as an audiologist under chapter 148 who dispenses hearing
instruments, recommended by a professional association representing audiologists and
speech-language pathologists.
(b) The factors the commissioner may consider when appointing advisory council members
include, but are not limited to, professional affiliation, geographical location, and type of practice.
(c) No two members of the advisory council shall be employees of, or have binding contracts
requiring sales exclusively for, the same hearing instrument manufacturer or the same employer.
Subd. 2. Organization. The advisory council shall be organized and administered according
to section 15.059, except that, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the advisory council
shall not expire. The council may form committees to carry out its duties.
Subd. 3. Duties. At the commissioner's request, the advisory council shall:
(1) advise the commissioner regarding hearing instrument dispenser certification standards;
(2) provide for distribution of information regarding hearing instrument dispenser
certification standards;
(3) review investigation summaries of competency violations and make recommendations to
the commissioner as to whether the allegations of incompetency are substantiated; and
(4) perform other duties as directed by the commissioner.
History: 1995 c 164 s 31; 1998 c 317 s 27; 2001 c 7 s 42; 2003 c 87 s 50; 2005 c 147
art 7 s 18
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