CHAPTER 124
DISCIPLINE FOR HEARING AID SPECIALISTS
[Prior to 5/29/02, see 645—120.11(272C)]
645—124.1(154A,272C) Grounds for discipline. The board may impose any of the disciplinary sanctions provided in rule 645—124.3(154A,272C) when the board determines that the licensee is guilty of any of the following acts or offenses or those listed in 645—Chapter 13:
	124.1(1) Failure to comply with the current Code of Ethics of the International Hearing Society (2023). The board hereby adopts by reference the current Code of Ethics of the International Hearing Society, available at www.ihsinfo.org.
	124.1(2) Advertising that hearing testing or hearing screening is a medical examination used to diagnose or refer.
	124.1(3) Except in cases of selling replacement hearing aids of the same make or model within one year of the original sale, a hearing aid will not be sold without adequate diagnostic testing and evaluation using established procedures to assess hearing needs as defined in 645—Chapter 123. Testing equipment will be calibrated to current standards at least annually or more often if necessary. The distributor will keep with the testing equipment a certificate indicating the date of calibration.
[ARC 7820C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24]
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapters 147, 154A and 272C.
[Filed 5/8/02, Notice 3/6/02—published 5/29/02, effective 7/3/02]
[Filed 8/14/03, Notice 5/28/03—published 9/3/03, effective 10/8/03]
[Filed 8/5/05, Notice 5/25/05—published 8/31/05, effective 10/5/05]
[Filed 10/31/05, Notice 8/31/05—published 11/23/05, effective 12/28/05]
[Filed 4/25/06, Notice 3/1/06—published 5/24/06, effective 6/28/06]
[Filed 12/11/08, Notice 9/24/08—published 1/14/09, effective 2/18/09]
[Filed ARC 9424B (Notice ARC 9317B, IAB 12/29/10), IAB 3/9/11, effective 4/13/11]1
[Editorial change: IAC Supplement 4/20/11]
[Filed ARC 0032C (Notice ARC 9800B, IAB 10/5/11), IAB 3/7/12, effective 4/11/12]
[Filed ARC 1005C (Notice ARC 0792C, IAB 6/12/13), IAB 9/4/13, effective 10/9/13]
[Filed ARC 2151C (Notice ARC 2044C, IAB 6/24/15), IAB 9/16/15, effective 10/21/15]
[Filed ARC 3559C (Notice ARC 3409C, IAB 10/25/17), IAB 1/3/18, effective 2/7/18]
[Filed ARC 5756C (Notice ARC 5445C, IAB 2/24/21), IAB 7/14/21, effective 8/18/21]
[Filed ARC 7820C (Notice ARC 7486C, IAB 1/10/24), IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24]
1	April 13, 2011, effective date of 124.2(6) delayed 70 days by the Administrative Rules Review Committee at its meeting held April 11, 2011.