Florida Statute 484.059 | 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. 484.059

484.059 Exemptions.—

(1) The licensure requirements of this part do not apply to any person engaged in recommending prescription hearing aids as part of the academic curriculum of an accredited institution of higher education, or as part of a program conducted by a public charitable institution supported primarily by voluntary contribution, provided this organization does not dispense or sell prescription hearing aids or accessories.

(2) The licensure requirements of this part do not apply to any person licensed to practice medicine in this state, except that such physician must comply with the requirement of periodic filing of the certificate of testing and calibration of audiometric equipment as provided in this part. A person employed by or working under the supervision of a person licensed to practice medicine may not perform any services or acts which would constitute the dispensing of prescription hearing aids as defined in s. 484.041, unless such person is a licensed hearing aid specialist.

(3) The licensure requirements of this part do not apply to an audiologist licensed under part I of chapter 468.

(4) Section 484.053(1)(a) does not apply to registered trainees operating in compliance with this part and board rules.

(5) The licensure requirements of this part do not apply to a person who services, markets, sells, dispenses, provides customer support for, or distributes exclusively over-the-counter hearing aids, whether through in-person transactions, by mail, or online. For purposes of this subsection, over-the-counter hearing aids are those that are available without the supervision, prescription, or other order, involvement, or intervention of a licensed person to consumers through in-person transactions, by mail, or online. These devices allow the user to control the device and customize it to the user’s hearing needs through the use of tools, tests, or software, including, but not limited to, wireless technology or tests for self-assessment of hearing loss.

History.—ss. 16, 18, ch. 83-153; ss. 1, 7, ch. 84-94; ss. 18, 19, 20, ch. 86-283; s. 27, ch. 90-134; s. 22, ch. 90-341; ss. 7, 11, ch. 90-345; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 36, ch. 2023-71.

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Cases Citing Statute 484.059

Total Results: 7

The Florida Bar v. Moses

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1980-01-17

Citation: 380 So. 2d 412, 109 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2509, 1980 Fla. LEXIS 4101

Snippet: 599, 53 A.2d 800 (Ch. 1947), aff'd 142 N.J. Eq. 484, 59 A.2d 863 (N.J. 1948), the lower court refused to

Harper Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. C. O. Teate

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1929-12-07

Citation: 125 So. 21, 98 Fla. 1055

Snippet: See Langford v. South Florida Lbr. Co., 63 Fla. 484, 59 *Page 1065 So. R. 12. Although the notice is not

Harvey v. Fisher and Lynn

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1927-03-17

Citation: 112 So. 560, 93 Fla. 587

Snippet: Langford v. South Florida Lumber Supply Co., 63 Fla. 484, 59 So. 12. The allegations of the bill show sufficiently

Curtiss-Bright Ranch Co. v. Selden Cypress Door Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1926-02-26

Citation: 107 So. 679, 91 Fla. 354

Snippet: 612; Langford v. South Fla. Lumber Co., 63 Fla. 484, 59 Southern 12. The probative effect of the evidence

Ramsey v. Hawkins

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1919-07-30

Citation: 78 Fla. 189, 82 So. 823

Snippet: v. South Florida Lumber & Supply Co., 63 Fla. 484, 59 South. Rep. 12. If the complainant in the case

Langford v. Read

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1915-02-23

Citation: 69 Fla. 198, 68 So. 723

Snippet: Langford v. South Florida Lumber & Supply Co. 63 Fla. 484, 59 South. Rep. 12; South Florida Lumber & Supply Co

South Florida Lumber & Supply Co. v. Read

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1913-01-28

Citation: 65 Fla. 61, 61 So. 125

Snippet: opinion therein, which is reported in 63 Fla. 484, 59 South. Rep. 12, as Langford, v. South Florida Lumber