§ 796. Training program; requirements; examination and re-examination.\n1. The secretary, in consultation with the board, shall establish a\nfull-time, twelve month training program for those persons wishing to\napply for registration as a hearing aid dispenser, except those hearing\naid dispensers otherwise licensed pursuant to article one hundred\nfifty-nine of the education law. For the purposes of this section,\n"full-time" shall mean seven hours per day for five days a week. Such\nprogram shall be conducted by a registered hearing aid dispenser or\ntaught by appropriate faculty with credentials to verify substantial\neducational knowledge in the topics outlined below. Any trainee entering\nsuch a program shall operate under the direct supervision of a\nregistered hearing aid dispenser for the first three months of such\nprogram. In addition, during such period, the trainee shall\nsatisfactorily complete a course of instruction, which includes, but is\nnot limited to, the following topics:\n (a) acoustics: general principles.\n (b) acoustics: hearing and speech.\n (c) the human ear.\n (d) disorders of hearing.\n (e) puretone audiometry.\n (f) speech audiometry.\n (g) hearing analysis.\n (h) hearing aids and instruments.\n 2. (a) During the first three months of such program, no trainee shall\nperform any activity directly related to the dispensing of a particular\nhearing aid or hearing aids unless such activity is conducted under the\ndirect supervision of a registered hearing aid dispenser. For purposes\nof this section, "direct supervision" shall mean activity under the\nimmediate observation and control of a registered hearing aid dispenser\nand shall require the registered hearing aid dispenser to be physically\npresent during all dispensing activities of the trainee.\n (b) For the next three months, no trainee shall perform any activity\ndirectly related to the dispensing of a particular hearing aid or\nhearing aids unless such activity is conducted with the immediate\nconsent, review and approval of a registered hearing aid dispenser. For\nsuch purposes, the registered hearing aid dispenser shall be located on\nthe premises and immediately available to the trainee but shall not be\nrequired to be physically present at all times.\n 3. For the entire twelve month training period, the registered hearing\naid dispenser shall be held fully responsible for all actions of the\ntrainee. Any aspect of the dispensing of hearing aids performed by a\ntrainee shall be reviewed and approved by the registered hearing aid\ndispenser prior to the final disposition of any contractual agreement.\nThe signatures of both the trainee and the registered hearing aid\ndispenser shall be required on all contracts in which a trainee has\nparticipated.\n 4. Upon application, payment of the required registration fee to the\nsecretary, and satisfaction of all applicable registration requirements,\nthe applicant shall receive a temporary certificate of registration and\nshall enter a training program. The twelve month program shall commence\nfrom the date of issuance of the temporary certificate of registration.\nNo individual may begin a training program or otherwise engage in the\ndispensing of hearing aids without a valid temporary certificate of\nregistration.\n 5. (a) A trainee may take the required course of instruction under the\nsupervision of a registered hearing aid dispenser provided that such\ncourse of instruction has been approved by the secretary.\n (b) A trainee may take the required course of instruction from any\nother provider offering a course of instruction approved by the\nsecretary.\n (c) At the conclusion of each component, the performance of the\ntrainee shall be evaluated by the registered hearing aid dispenser or\nofferor of such approved course. Upon satisfactory completion of all\ncomponents of the course of instruction, the trainee and the registered\nhearing aid dispenser or offeror shall transmit to
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