Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                         CHAPTER 204-S.F.No. 94 
           An act relating to public health; requiring an 
          itemized billing for hearing aid repairs; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 145.43, by adding a 
          subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 145.43, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [ITEMIZED REPAIR BILL.] (a) Any person or 
company who agrees to repair a hearing aid must provide the 
customer with a billing that specifically itemizes all parts and 
labor charges for services rendered.  The bill must also include 
the person's or company's name, address, and phone number. 
    (b) This subdivision does not apply to: 
    (1) a person or company that repairs a hearing aid pursuant 
to an express warranty covering the hearing aid and the warranty 
covers the entire costs, both parts and labor, of the repair; 
and 
    (2) a person or company that repairs a hearing aid and the 
repair is expressly warranted for a period of at least one year, 
the warranty covers the entire costs, both parts and labor, of 
the repair, and a copy of the express warranty is given to the 
customer. 
    Approved May 26, 1987