                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

BOARD FOR HEARING AID SPECIALISTS AND OPTICIANS; QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF
MEMBERS; OFFICERS (§ 54.1-1500.1)

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

B. 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.

C. The terms of Board members shall be four years.

D. The Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its membership.

HISTORY: 2012, cc. 803, 835.