Specialists in Hearing Instruments Board

The purpose of the Board of Hearing Instrument Specialists is to administer and enforce the statutory authority and to monitor the needs of the consuming public. The Board examines and licenses all eligible candidates for entry into the profession of Hearing Instrument Dispensing. It recommends appropriate changes in the law to assure fairness and equality. The Board conducts formal hearings when necessary and prosecutes by due process any violators of KRS 334.

The Kentucky Licensing Board for Specialists in Hearing Instruments has recently filed an amendment to a regulation.  You can view the proposed changes through the link below.  In addition at the end of regulation, you will find instructions for the Public Hearing and Written Comments period. 

Scroll down through the list of Boards/Commissions until you find Specialists in Hearing Instruments and the proposed regulation with amendments will be shown in the color green.    http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/TITLE201.HTM

LICENSE RENEWALS FOR THE 2008-2009 LICENSURE YEAR MAY NOT BE RENEWED ONLINE.  ALL RENEWALS MUST BE SENT BY MAIL ALONG WITH THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION.  (PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DELIVERY STATEMENT, CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE, AND PROOF OF CONTINUING EDUCATION)

ANY RENEWAL APPLICATION RECEIVED WITHOUT THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION WILL BE RETURNED AS INCOMPLETE.

Effective immediately all applications and documentation must be received in the board office 5 business days prior to the board meeting date to be put on the agenda. If this deadline is not met, it will automatically be added to the next month's agenda.

Following board meetings please allow up to two weeks for follow-up correspondence. If you have not received written correspondence from the Board two weeks after the meeting, feel free to call. Please be advised that application and test results will not be given over the phone.

Individuals wishing to speak at the board meeting must submit a written request to the board office at P.O. Box 1360, Frankfort, KY 40602 no later than 10 days prior to the meeting in order to be placed on the agenda.

Please remember for renewal that per 201 KAR 7:075:

A minimum of five (5) of the required ten (10) continuing education hours shall be attained through programs sponsored by entities listed below. Relevant offerings must be provided by (not sponsored or endorsed by) the following organizations or institutions:

(a) The Hearing Aid Association of Kentucky (HAAK);

(b) The Kentucky Speech-Language and Hearing Association (KSHA);

(c) The International Hearing Society (IHS), or any of its affiliated state chapters;

(d) The American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), or any of its affiliated state chapters;

(e) The Academy of Dispensing Audiologists (ADA), or any of its affiliated state chapters;

(f) The American Academy of Audiology (AAA), or any of its affiliated state chapters; or

(g) The American Academy of Otolaryngology, or any of its affiliated state chapters.