Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part III - Prevention of Diseases › Chapter 25 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, DRUGS, DEVICES AND COSMETICS › Subchapter B - HEARING AID SALES AND REGISTRATION › Section 25.204 - Application for and renewal of registration

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Application
. An
				  application for registration or renewal of registration as a hearing aid
				  dealer, hearing aid fitter, apprentice hearing aid fitter or temporary hearing
				  aid fitter can be obtained from the Division of Home Health, Pennsylvania
				  Department of Health, 132 Kline Plaza, Suite A, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
				  17104.
(b)
Apprentice
				  hearing aid fitter
. A completed application for registration as an
				  apprentice hearing aid fitter shall be filed with the Department at least 30
				  days before the fitter's examination that the applicant intends to take,
				  together with a check, money order or other approved method of payment as the
				  Department publishes in a notice in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin
,
				  in the amount of $50. An additional $150 shall be paid before taking the
				  fitter's examination. The application fee is not refundable, but the $150 fee
				  for the examination will be refunded to an applicant who is found to be
				  ineligible to take the examination.
(c)
All other registrations.
A completed application for any registration certificate, other than a
				  registration certificate as an apprentice hearing aid fitter, may be filed at
				  any time, together with a check, money order or other approved method of
				  payment as the Department publishes in a notice in the
Pennsylvania
				  Bulletin
, in the amount of the appropriate application fee.
(d)
Renewal of current
				  certificate.
A registrant shall apply to renew a current registration
				  certificate by March 16 prior to the certificate's expiration, by submitting a
				  completed renewal application, available from the Department, along with the
				  renewal fee of $100. To renew a hearing aid fitter's registration certificate,
				  the applicant shall also demonstrate satisfaction of the continuing education
				  requirements under §
										25.216 (relating to continuing
				  education requirements).
(e)
Renewal of expired certificate
. An expired registration
				  certificate may be renewed within 5 years after its expiration or inactive date
				  by filing an application for renewal, with payment of the renewal fee, and
				  payment of the delinquency fee if the application is received more than 30 days
				  after the expiration date. To renew an expired hearing aid fitter's
				  registration certificate, the applicant shall also demonstrate satisfaction of
				  the continuing education requirements under § 25.216.
(f)
Renewal of fitter's temporary
				  registration certificate and apprentice certificate
. Upon application,
				  the Secretary may renew a temporary certificate or apprentice certificate for a
				  period which shall expire 30 days after the next available fitter's qualifying
				  examination has been given. The Secretary will not issue more than two renewals
				  of these certificates, except upon petition of an applicant for good and
				  sufficient cause shown. An applicant may petition the Department for an
				  additional renewal. The petition shall include the reasons for which the
				  additional renewal is requested. An applicant shall send a petition for
				  additional renewal to the Division at the address given in subsection (a). The
				  Department will then decide whether to issue the renewal.
(g)
Late application for
				  renewal
. A person who files for renewal of a registration certificate
				  after March 16 may not receive the renewal before the registration certificate
				  expires.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
												25.205 (relating to additional
						registration requirements); 28 Pa. Code §
												25.206 (relating to examinations);
						and 28 Pa. Code §
												25.208 (relating to display of
						registration certificates; offices).