Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 700
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/17/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 380 and 381
    4  insert:
    5         Section 11. Subsections (1) through (4) of section
    6  468.1225, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         468.1225 Procedures, equipment, and protocols.—
    8         (1) The following minimal procedures must shall be used
    9  when a licensed audiologist fits and sells a hearing aid unless
   10  the client provides a medical clearance or a waiver of medical
   11  examination:
   12         (a) Pure tone audiometric testing by air and bone to
   13  determine the type and degree of hearing deficiency when
   14  indicated.
   15         (b) Effective masking when indicated.
   16         (c) Appropriate testing to determine speech reception
   17  thresholds, speech discrimination scores, the most comfortable
   18  listening levels, uncomfortable loudness levels, and the
   19  selection of the best fitting arrangement for maximum hearing
   20  aid benefit when indicated.
   21         (2) The following equipment must shall be used unless the
   22  client provides a medical clearance or a waiver of medical
   23  examination:
   24         (a) A wide range audiometer that which meets the
   25  specifications of the American National Standards Institute for
   26  diagnostic audiometers when indicated.
   27         (b) A speech audiometer or a master hearing aid in order to
   28  determine the most comfortable listening level and speech
   29  discrimination when indicated.
   30         (3) A final fitting ensuring physical and operational
   31  comfort of the hearing aid must shall be made when indicated.
   32         (4) A licensed audiologist who fits and sells hearing aids
   33  must shall obtain the following medical clearance: If, upon
   34  inspection of the ear canal with an otoscope in the common
   35  procedure of fitting a hearing aid or and upon interrogation of
   36  the client, there is any recent history of infection or any
   37  observable anomaly, the client must shall be instructed to see a
   38  physician, and a hearing aid may shall not be fitted until
   39  medical clearance is obtained for the condition noted. If, upon
   40  return, the condition noted is no longer observable and the
   41  client signs a medical waiver, a hearing aid may be fitted. Any
   42  person with a significant difference between bone conduction
   43  hearing and air conduction hearing must be informed of the
   44  possibility of medical or surgical correction.
   45         Section 12. Subsections (1) through (4) of section
   46  484.0501, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   47         484.0501 Minimal procedures and equipment.—
   48         (1) The following minimal procedures must shall be used in
   49  the fitting and selling of hearing aids unless the client
   50  provides a medical clearance or a waiver of medical examination:
   51         (a) Pure tone audiometric testing by air and bone to
   52  determine the type and degree of hearing deficiency.
   53         (b) Effective masking when indicated.
   54         (c) Appropriate testing to determine speech reception
   55  thresholds, speech discrimination scores, the most comfortable
   56  listening levels, uncomfortable loudness levels, and the
   57  selection of the best fitting arrangement for maximum hearing
   58  aid benefit.
   59         (2) The following equipment must shall be used unless the
   60  client provides a medical clearance or a waiver of medical
   61  examination:
   62         (a) A wide range audiometer that which meets the
   63  specifications of the American National Standards Institute for
   64  diagnostic audiometers.
   65         (b) A speech audiometer or a master hearing aid in order to
   66  determine the most comfortable listening level and speech
   67  discrimination.
   68         (3) A final fitting ensuring physical and operational
   69  comfort of the hearing aid must shall be made when indicated.
   70         (4) The following medical clearance must shall be obtained:
   71  If, upon inspection of the ear canal with an otoscope in the
   72  common procedure of a hearing aid fitter or and upon
   73  interrogation of the client, there is any recent history of
   74  infection or any observable anomaly, the client must shall be
   75  instructed to see a physician, and a hearing aid may shall not
   76  be fitted until medical clearance is obtained for the condition
   77  noted. If, upon return, the condition noted is no longer
   78  observable and the client signs a medical waiver, a hearing aid
   79  may be fitted. Any person with a significant difference between
   80  bone conduction hearing and air conduction hearing must be
   81  informed of the possibility of medical correction.
   82         Section 13. Sections 468.1265 and 484.054, Florida
   83  Statutes, are repealed.
   84  
   85  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   86  And the title is amended as follows:
   87         Delete line 55
   88  and insert:
   89         F.S.; providing applicability; amending ss. 468.1225,
   90         and 484.0501, F.S.; revising minimum procedures and
   91         equipment requirements for fitting and selling hearing
   92         aids; repealing ss. 468.1265 and 484.054, F.S.,
   93         relating to the sale or distribution of hearing aids
   94         through mail; amending s. 893.05,