Section 682.185  In-Office Sales Promotions

Unlicensed hearing instrument manufacturer representatives, who are not Illinois licensed dispensers or Illinois licensed audiologists, conducting in office sales promotions, are prohibited from consumer contact prior to the testing of hearing and recommendation of a specific hearing instrument by a hearing instrument dispenser or audiologist, licensed in Illinois.  The testing or evaluation of a consumer, utilizing electroacoustic equipment, by a manufacturer's representative not licensed as a hearing instrument dispenser or audiologist, in Illinois, is prohibited.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 11995, effective July 22, 2002)