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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 803<\/a> and 835<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239687,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78598,"identifier":"54.1-1500.1","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/1\/54.1-1500.1","url":"\/54.1-1500.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1500.1\/","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/1\/54.1-1500.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians; qualifications and terms of members; officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1500.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians shall consist of 15 members, as follows: four licensed hearing aid specialists<\/span>, of which at least one shall be licensed as an audiologist<\/span> by the Board<\/span> of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, six licensed opticians<\/span>, one otolaryngologist, one ophthalmologist, and three citizen members. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> One of the citizen members shall be a hearing aid user or a person who has a family member who is or has been a hearing aid user. Each hearing aid specialist and the otolaryngologist shall have at least five years of experience in their respective fields immediately prior to appointment. Each of the opticians shall have at least five years of experience prior to appointment and the ophthalmologist shall have practiced ophthalmology for at least five years prior to appointment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The terms of Board<\/span> members shall be four years. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD FOR HEARING AID SPECIALISTS AND OPTICIANS; QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF\nMEMBERS; OFFICERS (\u00a7 54.1-1500.1)\n\nA. The Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians shall consist of 15\nmembers, as follows: four licensed hearing aid specialists, of which at least\none shall be licensed as an audiologist by the Board of Audiology and\nSpeech-Language Pathology, six licensed opticians, one otolaryngologist, one\nophthalmologist, and three citizen members.\n\nB. One of the citizen members shall be a hearing aid user or a person who has a\nfamily member who is or has been a hearing aid user. Each hearing aid specialist\nand the otolaryngologist shall have at least five years of experience in their\nrespective fields immediately prior to appointment. Each of the opticians shall\nhave at least five years of experience prior to appointment and the\nophthalmologist shall have practiced ophthalmology for at least five years prior\nto appointment.\n\nC. The terms of Board members shall be four years.\n\nD. The Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 803, 835.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}