Assembly Bill A10106

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain audiologists and hearing aid dispensers to dispense hearing aids for a profit

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A10106 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §802, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A127
2017-2018: A195
2019-2020: A89

2013-A10106 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain audiologists and hearing aid dispensers to dispense hearing aids for a profit.

2013-A10106 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10106

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Buchwald) --
  read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on Consumer Affairs and
  Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  permitting
  certain  audiologists  and  hearing aid dispensers to dispense hearing
  aids for a profit; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions
  upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 802 of the general business law, as added by  chap-
ter 599 of the laws of 1998, subdivision 1 as designated and subdivision
2  as  added  by  chapter  301  of  the laws 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
  S 802. Special provisions; not-for-profit sales.  1.  [No]  EXCEPT  AS
PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE OF THIS SECTION, NO otolaryngologist or
other licensed physician who has conducted a medical evaluation of hear-
ing loss shall engage in the business of dispensing hearing aids  for  a
profit.   No  otolaryngologist  or  other  licensed  physician  who  has
dispensed a hearing aid shall refuse  or  fail  to  perform  repairs  or
service on any hearing aid that they have dispensed.
  2.  Every  licensed physician who engages in the dispensing of hearing
aids in compliance with the provisions of this section shall be required
to comply with sections seven hundred ninety-one, seven hundred  ninety-
eight and eight hundred three of this article, in addition to compliance
with this section.
  3.  AN AUDIOLOGIST OR HEARING AID DISPENSER LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE
HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW EMPLOYED BY AN  OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
WHO  HAS  CONDUCTED  A  MEDICAL  EVALUATION OF HEARING LOSS MAY DISPENSE
HEARING AIDS FOR PROFIT  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  OTOLARYNGOLOGIST  WHO  HAS
CONDUCTED A MEDICAL EVALUATION OF HEARING LOSS PROVIDES TO THE PATIENT A
LIST CONTAINING THE NAME AND OFFICE LOCATION OF FIVE HEARING AID DISPEN-
SERS  WITH  A PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED WITHIN THE SAME COUNTY WHICH THE
OTOLARYNGOLOGIST'S OFFICE IS LOCATED AND A WRITTEN STATEMENT  DISCLOSING
THAT  THE  OTOLARYNGOLOGIST'S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE A PROFIT FROM THE SALE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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