2019 -- H 5067 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - HEARING AID DEALERS AND | |
FITTERS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Lombardi, and Hull | |
Date Introduced: January 10, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 5-49-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-49 entitled "Hearing Aid |
2 | Dealers and Fitters" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 5-49-13. Prohibited acts and practices. |
4 | (a) No person shall: |
5 | (1) Sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter, a license. |
6 | (2) Purchase or procure by barter a license with intent to use it as evidence of the holder's |
7 | qualifications to practice the fitting and sale of hearing aids. |
8 | (3) Alter a license with fraudulent intent. |
9 | (4) Use or attempt to use as a valid license a license which has been purchased, |
10 | fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered. |
11 | (5) Willfully make a false statement in an application for license or application for |
12 | renewal of a license. |
13 | (b) The sale and/or delivery of hearing aids directly to the consumer through the Internet |
14 | or direct mail in those instances where the consumer does not have a valid certificate of need |
15 | pursuant to ยง 5-49-2.1 is prohibited, and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five |
16 | hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - HEARING AID DEALERS AND | |
FITTERS | |
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1 | This act would prohibit the sale and/or delivery of hearing aids directly to the consumer |
2 | through the Internet or direct mail unless the consumer has a valid certificate of need, and would |
3 | provide for criminal penalties for violations. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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