# Health Professions Order 2001, Paragraph 1A


(1) For the purposes of this Order, a person (“P”) performs the functions of a dispenser of hearing aids if P—
(a) assesses or tests an individual’s hearing; or
(b) prescribes a hearing aid for an individual,
with a view to the sale, whether by P or another, of a hearing aid to, or for the use of, that individual and “hearing aid dispenser” shall be construed accordingly.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—
“hearing aid” means an electronic device, designed to be placed outside or within the ear, which processes and amplifies sounds using electro-acoustic or electro-magnetic systems in order to compensate for hearing loss;
“sale” means supply by way of retail sale or by way of hire but does not include a sale to a person acquiring for the purposes of trade.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/254/schedule/3/paragraph/1A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-professions-order-2001/schedule-3/paragraph-1A
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