Florida Statute 484.042 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 484
DISPENSING OF OPTICAL DEVICES AND HEARING AIDS

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F.S. 484.042

484.042 Board of Hearing Aid Specialists; membership, appointment, terms.—

(1) The Board of Hearing Aid Specialists is created within the Department of Health and shall consist of nine members to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.

(2) Five members of the board shall be hearing aid specialists who have been licensed and practicing the dispensing of prescription hearing aids in this state for at least the preceding 4 years. The remaining four members, none of whom shall derive economic benefit from the fitting or dispensing of hearing aids, shall be appointed from the resident lay public of this state. One of the lay members shall be a prescription hearing aid user but may not be nor have been a hearing aid specialist or a licensee of a closely related profession. One lay member shall be an individual age 65 or over. One lay member shall be an otolaryngologist licensed pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459.

(3) Members of the board shall be appointed for terms of 4 years each.

(4) All provisions of chapter 456 relating to activities of regulatory boards apply to the board. However, notwithstanding the requirement of s. 456.073(4) that the board provide by rule for the determination of probable cause by a panel composed of its members or by the department, the board may provide by rule that its probable cause panel may be composed of one current member of the board and one past member of the board, as long as the past member is a licensed hearing aid specialist in good standing. The past board member shall be appointed to the panel for a maximum of 2 years by the chair of the board with the approval of the State Surgeon General.

History.—ss. 3, 18, ch. 83-153; ss. 1, 7, ch. 84-94; s. 82, ch. 85-81; ss. 3, 19, 20, ch. 86-283; s. 25, ch. 90-134; s. 22, ch. 90-341; ss. 5, 11, ch. 90-345; s. 27, ch. 91-137; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 49, ch. 92-149; s. 333, ch. 94-119; s. 6, ch. 94-160; s. 180, ch. 94-218; s. 451, ch. 97-103; s. 173, ch. 97-264; s. 141, ch. 98-166; s. 199, ch. 2000-160; s. 99, ch. 2008-6; s. 26, ch. 2023-71.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 484.042

Total Results: 5

911 Dry Solutions v. Florida Family Ins. Co.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-22T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: invoice valued at $2,484.42. Respondent paid the undisputed amount of $2,484.42 and demanded appraisal

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Court: Fla. Att'y Gen. | Date Filed: 2006-10-17T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: Fla. Stat., conferring duties upon it. 2 See s. 484.042(4), Fla. Stat., providing: "All provisions

Franklin v. Wallack

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-04-04T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 576 So. 2d 1371, 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 3009, 1991 WL 44904

Snippet: consultation with disinterested advis-ors. 52 Fla. at 484, 42 So. at 854. Burton was followed in Loew v. Freidman

Bass v. Wollitz

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-05-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 384 So. 2d 704, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 16885

Snippet: inhabit. . . Barrett v. Boddie, 158 Ill. 479, 484, 42 N.E. 143, 144 (1895): Possession retained after

Gresham v. Courson

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1965-06-15T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 177 So. 2d 33

Snippet: #39; Bartholf v. Baker, Fla. 1954, 71 So.2d 480, 484, *42 the amount awarded by the jury will not be disturbed