Full-time graduate students enrolled in a program of audiology in an accredited college or university may engage in the dispensing of hearing instruments as a part of an academic program of audiology without a license under the supervision of a licensed audiologist. The supervisor and the supervisor's employer shall be jointly and severally liable for any acts of the student relating to the practice of fitting or dispensing hearing instruments as defined in this Act and the rules promulgated hereunder.
225 ILCS 50/11
Graduate audiology students
Known as the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act
The act spans §§ 225-50-1 to 225-50-9-5 (40 sections).
P.A. 96-683, eff. 1-1-10.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.