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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 571 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. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1974, chapter 534; in 1986, chapter 279; in 1988, chapter 765; in 1996, chapter 741<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 458<\/a>; in 2023, chapters 273<\/a> and 274<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":239697,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58449,"identifier":"54.1-1501","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/2\/54.1-1501","url":"\/54.1-1501\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-1501\/","token":"54.1\/II\/15\/2\/54.1-1501","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions; sale of hearing aids by corporations, etc., measuring hearing","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-1501","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Physicians licensed to practice in Virginia and certified by the American Board<\/span> of Otolaryngology or eligible for such certification shall not be required to pass an examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a license under this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other like organization maintaining an established business address from engaging in the business of selling or offering for sale<\/span> prescription hearing aids<\/span> at retail without a license, provided that it employs only licensed practitioners in the direct sale<\/span> and fitting of prescription hearing aids<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any person who does not sell<\/span> hearing aids or accessories or who is not employed by an organization which sells<\/span> hearing aids or accessories from engaging in the practice of measuring human hearing for the purpose of selection of hearing aids. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Audiologists<\/span> licensed to practice in Virginia who have earned a doctoral degree in audiology shall not be required to pass an examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a license under this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS; SALE OF HEARING AIDS BY CORPORATIONS, ETC., MEASURING HEARING (\u00a7\n54.1-1501)\n\nA. Physicians licensed to practice in Virginia and certified by the American\nBoard of Otolaryngology or eligible for such certification shall not be required\nto pass an examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a license under this\nchapter.\n\nB. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a corporation, partnership, trust,\nassociation, or other like organization maintaining an established business\naddress from engaging in the business of selling or offering for sale\nprescription hearing aids at retail without a license, provided that it employs\nonly licensed practitioners in the direct sale and fitting of prescription\nhearing aids.\n\nC. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any person who does not sell hearing\naids or accessories or who is not employed by an organization which sells\nhearing aids or accessories from engaging in the practice of measuring human\nhearing for the purpose of selection of hearing aids.\n\nD. Audiologists licensed to practice in Virginia who have earned a doctoral\ndegree in audiology shall not be required to pass an examination as a\nprerequisite to obtaining a license under this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 571, \u00a7\u00a7 54-524.111, 54-524.112; 1974, c. 534; 1986, c. 279;\n1988, c. 765; 1996, c. 741; 2018, c. 458; 2023, cc. 273, 274.","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}}