Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 064 - Hearing Aid Specialists, Board of › Sub-Agency 0001 - Hearing Aid Specialists, Board of › Chapter 7 - PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY › Section 7-2 - Ethical Standards

Current through July 13, 2024
The protection of the public health, safety and welfare and
				  the best interest of the public shall be the primary guide in determining the
				  appropriate professional conduct of licensees and permittees. Licensees and
				  permittees shall:
(a) Practice in a
				manner that is in the best interest of the public and does not endanger the
				public health, safety or welfare;
(b)
				Be able to justify all services rendered to consumers as necessary for diagnostic
				purposes;
(c) Practice only within
				the competency areas for which they are licensed or permitted;
(d) Report to the Board known or suspected
				violations of the laws and regulations governing the practice of licensed
				professionals;
(e) Ensure that
				consumers are aware of fees and billing arrangements before rendering
				services;
(f) Provide consumers with
				accurate and complete information regarding the extent and nature of services
				available to them;
(g) Respect the
				privacy of consumers and hold in confidence all information obtained in the
				course of professional service;
(h)
				Disclose consumer records to others only with the expressed written consent of
				the consumer or as required by law;
(j) Ensure that when advertising their services
				to the public such advertising is neither fraudulent nor misleading;
(k) Not practice, facilitate or condone
				discrimination on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion,
				nation origin, marital status, political belief, mental or physical handicap or
				other preferences or characteristics;
(l) Respond to all requests for information and
				all other correspondence from the Board.
(m) Display their license at all times in a
				conspicuous location readily accessible to all consumers at each of the
				licensee's or permittee's place of business;
(n) File the name and street address of their
				business with the Board;
(o) Use the
				business street address in all business advertisements, correspondence and any
				verbal communications with the consumer;
(p) Use the place of business in providing
				services to the consumer and to maintain consumer documents, records and
				files;
(q) Be available to the
				consumer to whom a hearing aid has been sold, in order to make necessary
				adjustments or to provide instruction or information about the hearing
				aid;
(r) Allow the Board or an
				authorized representative of the Board to inspect sales receipts, audiograms and
				any other documents related to testing for and fitting of hearing aids on receipt
				of a relevant complaint or to review adequate supervision of a temporary
				permittee;
(s) Notify the Board of
				all licensees and permittees working out of the same place of business if the
				licensee is an owner of a hearing aid business;
(t) Fit each new hearing aid in person unless
				the aid is one of the same make and model as a previously owned hearing
				aid;
(u) Refer each consumer to a
				licensed physician, preferably a physician who specializes in diseases of the
				ear, or provide a waiver of this referral to be signed by the consumer on a form
				separate from the receipt, in accordance with
				W.S. 33-35-105(b);
(v) Provide a receipt to each person supplied
				with a hearing aid in accordance with
				W.S.
				W.S. 33-35-104; and
(w) Consider that the date of sale is the date
				of delivery of the hearing aid.