Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 126
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       6-00498-25                                             2025126__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to prescription hearing aids; amending
    3         ss. 468.1265 and 484.054, F.S.; authorizing the sale
    4         and distribution of prescription hearing aids to
    5         consumers through the mail if certain conditions are
    6         met before the sale; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 468.1265, Florida Statutes, is amended
   11  to read:
   12         468.1265 Sale or distribution of prescription hearing aids
   13  through mail; penalty.—It is unlawful for any person to sell or
   14  distribute prescription hearing aids through the mail to the
   15  ultimate consumer. However, prescription hearing aids may be
   16  sold and distributed to a consumer through the mail if, before
   17  the sale, all required testing procedures as outlined in s.
   18  468.1225 or s. 484.0501 are conducted by an audiologist licensed
   19  under s. 468.1185 or a hearing aid specialist licensed under s.
   20  484.045, respectively. Any person who violates this section
   21  commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as
   22  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   23         Section 2. Section 484.054, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   24  read:
   25         484.054 Sale or distribution of prescription hearing aids
   26  through mail; penalty.—It is unlawful for any person to sell or
   27  distribute prescription hearing aids through the mail to the
   28  ultimate consumer. However, prescription hearing aids may be
   29  sold and distributed to a consumer through the mail if, before
   30  the sale, all required testing procedures as outlined in s.
   31  468.1225 or s. 484.0501 are conducted by an audiologist licensed
   32  under s. 468.1185 or a hearing aid specialist licensed under s.
   33  484.045, respectively. Any violation of this section constitutes
   34  a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
   35  775.082 or s. 775.083.
   36         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.