Florida Statute 484.053 | 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. 484.053

484.053 Prohibitions; penalties.—

(1) A person may not:

(a) Practice dispensing prescription hearing aids unless the person is a licensed hearing aid specialist;

(b) Use the name or title “hearing aid specialist” when the person has not been licensed under this part;

(d) Give false, incomplete, or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof for the purposes of obtaining a license;

(e) Use or attempt to use a hearing aid specialist license that is delinquent or has been suspended, revoked, or placed on inactive status;

(f) Knowingly employ unlicensed persons in the practice of dispensing prescription hearing aids; or

(g) Knowingly conceal information relative to violations of this part.

(2) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(3) If a person licensed under this part allows the sale of a prescription hearing aid by an unlicensed person not registered as a trainee or fails to comply with the requirements of s. 484.0445(2) relating to supervision of trainees, the board must, upon determination of that violation, order the full refund of moneys paid by the purchaser upon return of the prescription hearing aid to the seller’s place of business.

History.—ss. 9, 18, ch. 83-153; ss. 1, 7, ch. 84-94; ss. 14, 19, 20, ch. 86-283; s. 22, ch. 90-341; s. 11, ch. 90-345; s. 116, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 251, ch. 94-119; s. 455, ch. 97-103; s. 156, ch. 99-397; s. 7, ch. 2000-154; s. 61, ch. 2000-318; s. 34, ch. 2023-71.

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Amendments to 484.053

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 484.053

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S484.053 1a - HEALTH-SAFETY - DISPENSE HEARING AID WITHOUT LICENSE - F: T

S484.053 1b - FRAUD-IMPERSON - USE TITLE HEARING AID SPECIALIST WITHOUT LIC - F: T

S484.053 1c - FRAUD-IMPERSON - PRESENT ANOTHERS HEARING AID SPECIALIST LIC - F: T

S484.053 1d - PASS FORGED - EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN HEARING AID LICENSE - F: T

S484.053 1d - FRAUD-FALSE STATEMENT - EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN HEARING AID LICENSE - F: T

S484.053 1e - HEALTH-SAFETY - USE SUSP RVKD INACT HEARING AID SPECIALIST LIC - F: T

S484.053 1f - HEALTH-SAFETY - EMPLOY UNLICENSED HEARING AID SPECIALIST - F: T

S484.053 1g - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - CONCEAL INFORMATION HEARING AID LICENSE VIOL - F: T

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 484.053

Total Results: 5

Skelton v. Beall

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-10-05

Citation: 133 So. 2d 477, 94 A.L.R. 2d 820

Snippet: 2570 Broadway Corp., 12 A.D.2d 473, 207 N.Y.S.2d 484; 53 Am.Jur., Trial, § 90; 88 C.J.S. Trial § 49, pp

Riley v. Fatt

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1950-07-28

Citation: 47 So. 2d 769

Snippet: Duke v. Taylor, 37 Fla. 64, 19 So. 172, 31 L.R.A. 484, 53 Am.St.Rep. 232; Alropa Corporation v. Myers, D

Goodwin v. Schmidt

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1941-12-16

Citation: 5 So. 2d 64, 149 Fla. 85, 1941 Fla. LEXIS 1032

Snippet: Taylor, 37 Fla. 64, 77, 19 So. 172, 31 L.R.A. 484, 53 *Page 95 Am. St. Rep. 232. The town de jure could

State Ex Rel. Harrington v. City of Pompano

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1938-12-01

Citation: 188 So. 610, 136 Fla. 730

Snippet: Taylor, 37 Fla. 64, 67, 19 So. 172, 31 L.R.A. 484, 53 Am. St. Rep. 232; McQuillin, Municipal Corporations

Herbert H. Pape, Inc. v. Finch

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-03-24

Citation: 136 So. 496, 102 Fla. 425

Snippet: v. Taylor, 37 Fla. 64, 19 So. 172, 31 L. R. A. 484, 53 Am. St. Rep. 232. While it is true, as contended