Sec.20-406-13. Temporary permit

(a) A temporary permittee may engage in activities authorized by Chapter 398 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, only under the supervision of a Connecticut-licensed hearing aid dealer. Supervision requires the supervisor to review and approve all work, and sign and date all records, except that, while a temporary permittee engaged in a course of study or a period of training is completing the initial eight weeks of activity under a temporary permit, he may engage in activities authorized by Chapter 398 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, only in the presence of a licensed hearing aid dealer. The supervisor is responsible for all activities of the temporary permittee, in so far as these activities are regulated by Chapter 398 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Any violation by a temporary permittee of any state or federal statute or regulation pertaining to hearing aid devices or the fitting or dispensing of hearing aid devices shall be deemed a violation by the supervising hearing aid dealer as well as the temporary permittee. A temporary permittee shall apply for and take the licensure examination prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 20-398 no later than 12 months following issuance of the temporary permit, and, if unsuccessful on such examination, shall take each subsequent licensure examination scheduled during the effective period of his temporary permit. A temporary permittee who fails to take an examinon required by this subsection or who fails an examination shall, for a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of failing examination results by the temporary permittee or from the date of an examination not taken, engage in activities authorized by Chapter 398 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, only in the presence and under the training of a licensed hearing aid dealer.

(b) The department shall issue a temporary permit to a qualified applicant only upon receipt of certification from a Connecticut-licensed hearing aid dealer that supervision shall be provided by the licensee. The temporary permit shall be valid for a one year period, limited to employment under the supervision of the specified licensed hearing aid dealer. In the event that a temporary permittee discontinues employment with the supervising hearing aid dealer, the temporary permit shall become void. The department shall re-issue the temporary permit without a fee, for any unused portion of the one year period, upon receipt of certification of a Connecticut-licensed hearing aid dealer that supervision shall be provided by the licensee. When engaging in the fitting or selling of hearing aids, a temporary permittee shall represent himself at all times as a person holding a temporary permit pursuant to Chapter 398 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(c) A temporary permittee shall not independently own or operate a hearing aid establishment or branch office nor in any other way shall he independently provide services in the fitting or selling of hearing aids.

(d) No more than four permittees may be under the supervision of a single licensed hearing aid dealer at any time.

(e) The supervising licensee shall immediately notify the department in writing if the supervisory relationship specified in Section 20-400 (a) of the Connecticut General Statutes is terminated.

(f) The supervising licensee is responsible for ensuring that an unlicensed individual employed under his training and supervision holds a current, valid temporary permit at all times that such individual engages in any commercial activity in hearing aid fitting and dispensing.

(Effective March 27, 1989)