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NJ S2874
Bill
Status
3/4/2024
Primary Sponsor
Patrick Diegnan
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AI Summary
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Expands the definition of "dispensing and fitting hearing aids" to include prescribing and ordering hearing aids, in addition to the existing activities of evaluation, selection, adaptation, and sale
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Authorizes licensed audiologists to select, prescribe, and order hearing aids, adding these functions to their existing authority to dispense and fit hearing aids
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Requires audiologists who wish to dispense and fit hearing aids to complete coursework and clinical training that now includes selection, prescribing, and ordering of hearing aids from an accredited institution
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Amends the Hearing Aid Dispensers Examining Committee statutes to explicitly include prescribing and ordering as part of the practice of dispensing and fitting hearing aids
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Takes effect 60 days following enactment
Legislative Description
Expands services that can be provided by audiologists and hearing aid dispensers.
Substituted by another Bill
Last Action
Substituted by A4091 (1R)
1/14/2025