Practice Requirements for Hearing Aid Dispensers

Practice Requirements  

The Board’s regulations (COMAR 10.03.03 B2) require that an applicant shall have obtained a score of 600 on the National Examination in Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology. However, the regulations also require that if the National Examination was passed more than five years before applying for licensure, the applicant shall fulfill one or more of the following requirements as approved by the Board:   

            (i)         Provide evidence that the applicant has practiced in the

                        appropriate field for 3 of the 5 years before applying for

                        licensure;                      

             (ii)        Complete a period of supervised practice equivalent to

                        that required of a limited licensee.

If an applicant has not practiced as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist for three of the last five years, there are two options available:

The supervised practice can be completed on a part-time basis under the same guidelines as a CFY.