{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-2539.8","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 2539.8","heading":"","body":"No hearing aid shall be sold by an individual licensed as an audiologist under this chapter to a person 16 years of age or younger, unless within the preceding six months a recommendation for a hearing aid has been made by both a board-certified, or a board-eligible physician specializing in otolaryngology, and by a state licensed audiologist. A replacement of an identical hearing aid within one year shall be an exception to this requirement.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 5.3. Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and Hearing Aid Dispensers [2530. - 2539.14.]","ARTICLE 9. Dispensing Audiologists [2539.1. - 2539.14.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"dbb500f4897fb6ec6202808f8566f78d59a4e3eba100adcfde4181b4c6b5e209","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-2539.6","next":"us-ca/bpc-2539.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}