CHAPTER 20:46:04

APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE

Section

20:46:04:01        Information required.

20:46:04:02        Remittance of fees.

20:46:04:03        Fee for applications.

20:46:04:04        Fee for licensure by endorsement without examination.

20:46:04:05        Annual license renewal -- Renewal fees -- Thirty-day grace period for renewal -- Late fee.

          20:46:04:01.  Information required. Evidence of qualification for licensure must be based on information given on the application form; the examination, if required; fees as required in this chapter; and on any additional information the board considers necessary for clarification of submitted material.

          All persons seeking hearing aid dispensing licensure must include with the application the following information:

          (1)  Type of annual license;

          (2)  Name, address, phone number, and date of birth of the applicant;

          (3)  Name of employer, address, and phone number;

          (4)  Name of supervisor; and

          (5)  Employment record for the previous five years.

          Source: 24 SDR 33, effective September 22, 1997.

          General Authority:SDCL 36-24-46.

          Law Implemented:SDCL 36-24-17.1.

          20:46:04:02.  Remittance of fees. Application fees for an annual license must be remitted to the board in the form of a cashier's check, personal check, certified check, or money order made payable to the South Dakota Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers and Audiologists. The board may take no action on any application for license until the fee is received.

          Source: 24 SDR 33, effective September 22, 1997.

          General Authority:SDCL 36-24-46.

          Law Implemented:SDCL 36-24-17.1.

          20:46:04:03.  Fee for applications. The fee for application for initial license is as follows:

          (1)  Hearing aid dispenser, $200;

          (2)  Provisional hearing aid dispenser, $100.

          Source: 24 SDR 33, effective September 22, 1997.

          General Authority:SDCL 36-24-46.

          Law Implemented:SDCL 36-24-17.1.

          20:46:04:04.  Fee for licensure by endorsement without examination. The fee for application for a hearing aid dispensing license by endorsement without examination is $200.

          Source: 24 SDR 33, effective September 22, 1997.

          General Authority:SDCL 36-24-46.

          Law Implemented:SDCL 36-24-25.1.

          20:46:04:05.  Annual license renewal -- Renewal fees -- Thirty-day grace period for renewal -- Late fee. Each person who holds a hearing aid dispensing license shall renew by July first of each year by the payment to the board of a fee of $200. A 30-day grace period is allowed after July first during which the renewal fee may be paid. An applicant seeking to renew a license after the 30-day grace period ending August 1 of the renewal year must pay a late fee. The late fee is an additional $50.

          Source: 24 SDR 33, effective September 22, 1997.

          General Authority:SDCL 36-24-28.1, 36-24-46.

          Law Implemented:SDCL 36-24-28.1.