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WI AB820
Bill
Status
1/6/2026
Primary Sponsor
Cindi Duchow
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AI Summary
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Expands the definition of audiology practice to include diagnosis, management, and treatment of auditory/vestibular conditions, plus prescribing, ordering, selling, dispensing, and externally fitting hearing aids, sound processors, and cochlear implants
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Authorizes audiologists to conduct health screenings, remove non-impacted cerumen and foreign bodies from ear canals, order cultures/blood work/genetic testing, order prescription medications for external ear conditions, and order/perform nonradiographic imaging
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Explicitly excludes surgery, osseo-integrated device surgery, cochlear implant surgery, and radiographic imaging from audiology practice
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Eliminates the practical examination requirement for hearing aid fitting proficiency for audiologist licensure applicants
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Reduces Hearing and Speech Examining Board membership from 10 to 9 members by cutting licensed hearing instrument specialist positions from 3 to 2, and expands the public member requirement to include hearing aid users, osseo-integrated device users, or cochlear implant users
Legislative Description
The practice of audiology, licensure of audiologists, the composition of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, and repealing an administrative rule related to the practical examination of audiologists. (FE)
Last Action
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow
1/29/2026