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States Permitting Hearing Aid Dispensing with Audiology License

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada**
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • North Carolina***
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming****

** Nevada does not require a separate license but does require a dispensing endorsement on the audiology license based on passage of the written and practical exam of the National Board for Certification of Hearing Instrument Sciences.
*** Doctoral level only; others must obtain HA Dispenser license
**** Not included in practice act but AG’s opinion advised that audiologists can dispense

Separate Hearing Aid Specialist License Required for Dispensing Audiologists (Total of 7 states):

California, District of Columbia; Kansas; New Hampshire; New York; North Dakota; Pennsylvania (audiologists not required to take HAD qualifying exam); Virginia (audiologists not required to take HAD qualifying exam).

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