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Statutes > South-dakota > Title-36 > Chapter-24 > Statute-36-24-20

36-24-20. Scope of qualifying examinations. Any applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license to practice hearing aid dispensing is entitled to be examined. The examination shall include the following:
(1) Tests of knowledge in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids:
(a) Basic physics of sound;
(b) The human hearing mechanism, including the science of hearing and the rehabilitation of abnormal hearing disorders;
(c) Structure and function of hearing aids;
(2) Tests of proficiency in the following techniques as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids:
(a) Pure tone audiometry, including air conduction and bone conduction testing;
(b) Live voice and recorded voice speech audiometry, including speech threshold testing and speech discrimination testing;
(c) Effective masking;
(d) Recording and evaluation of audiograms and speech audiometry tests to determine hearing aid candidacy;
(e) Selection and adaptation of hearing aids and testing of hearing aids;
(f) Taking earmold impressions, and proficiency in any other skills as they pertain to the fitting and dispensing of hearing aids.
No test under this section may include any questions requiring a medical or surgical education.

Source: SL 1968, ch 118, § 8; SL 1997, ch 221, § 30.