{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.55.120","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.55.120","heading":"Testing of hearing.","body":"(a) A hearing aid dealer may take threshold measurements to determine the need for a hearing aid, but may not perform diagnostic procedures to determine the cause of a hearing impairment or charge a fee for a hearing measurement.\n(b) A hearing aid dealer shall include in every printed advertisement for the services of the dealer the following statement bordered in black:\nAlaska law permits a hearing aid dealer who is not a licensed physician or a licensed audiologist to test hearing only for the purpose of selling or leasing hearing aids; the tests given by a hearing aid dealer are not to be used to diagnose the cause of a hearing impairment.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 55. Hearing Aid Dealers."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.55.120","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"e8e11fbc5ed45e86271b58d6a8932e82ae52433d8178028cbe14d8da7ea262b6","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.55.110","next":"us-ak/as-08.55.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}