§ 1399.120. Examinations.

(a) Either essay type or objective type examinations or both may be used in any one or more of the subject areas in which an applicant is to be examined.

(b) Each applicant is forbidden to place any identification marks on or in any of the answer sheet or to reveal his or her name to any examiner.

(c) The applicant is forbidden to take the questions from the examination room or make any record of the questions.

(d) Anyone cheating will be removed from the examination room.

(e) An applicant who wishes to take the practical examination shall file a completed application with the bureau not sooner than 51 days nor later than 30 days prior to the date set for the examination for which application is made. Applications will be accepted in the order received by the bureau, provided, however, that a maximum of fifty applicants will be scheduled for any administration of the practical examination. Applications will be returned to all those who are not within the first fifty applicants.

(f) The practical examination shall cover the procedures and use of instruments and equipment commonly employed in the fitting and selling of hearing aids, including but not limited to:

(1) Otoscope for the visual examination of the entire ear canal;

(2) Pure tone discreet or sweep frequency threshold type audiometer with air and bone conduction and appropriate masking circuitry;

(3) Appropriate equipment for establishing speech reception threshold and speech discrimination scores through headphones and/or sound field media by recorded or live voice;

(4) Calibrated sound pressure instruments, master hearing aids, and any and all types of hearing aid simulators;

(5) Equipment designed for the evaluation and testing of hearing aid performance;

(6) Stethoscope or other listening device.

(g) An applicant shall furnish all equipment and materials necessary for the practical examination, and shall either bring a subject for the ear impression and audiometric assessment portions of the practical examination, or shall serve as such a subject for a subsequent examinee.

HISTORY

1. Amendment of subsection (h) filed 7-26-72 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 72, No. 31).

2. Reinstatement of subsection (h) as it existed prior to emergency amendment filed 7-26-72 by operation of Section 11422.1(b), Government Code (Register 73, No. 26).

3. Amendment of subsection (h) filed 8-9-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No. 32).

4. Amendment filed 5-6-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 19).

5. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (b) and (f) filed 8-21-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 34).

6. Repealer and new subsection (e), amendment of subsections (f)(4)-(5) and new subsections (f)(6) and (g) filed 3-15-96; operative 4-14-96 (Register 96, No. 11).

7. Editorial correction of subsection (g) (Register 98, No. 25).

8. Amendment of subsections (e) and (g) filed 6-19-98; operative 7-19-98 (Register 98, No. 25).

9. Amendment of subsection (f)(1) filed 7-28-99; operative 8-27-99 (Register 99, No. 31).

10. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (e) filed 6-11-2001 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2001, No. 24).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 3328, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 3353, Business and Professions Code.