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AP 1 State Telephone System and Cellular Telephone Sets

AP 2 Telecommunications Equipment (Voice)

AP 3 Smoking

AP 4 Safety and Health

AP 5 Risk Management Policy

AP 6 Parking Regulations

AP 7 Sign Posting Policy

AP 8 Chargeback of Physical Plant Services

AP 10 Building Keys

AP 11 Fleet Vehicles

AP 12 Records Hold Policy

AP 13 Dispensing of Hearing Aids

AP 14 Policy on Business Activities

AP 15 Dangerous Weapons on Campus

AP 16 Collection of Indirect (Overhead) Costs

AP 17 Distribution of Indirect (Overhead) Costs

AP 18 Seat Belt Use

AP 19 Use of University Facilities

AP 20 Athletic Camps and Clinics

AP 21 University-Foundation Relationships

AP 22 Employee Accident/Injury Procedures

AP 23 Naming of Rooms and Buildings on Campus

AP 24 Postal Policy

AP 25 Requirement for a Mandatory Residential Dining Plan

AP 26 Requirement for Mandatory Housing

AP 27 Records Management Program

AP 29 Bad Check Policy

AP 30 In-Line Skates and Skateboarding

AP 31 Computer Software Use

AP 32 Inclement Weather Practice

AP 33 International Student Tuition Remission Policy

AP 36 Information Security

AP 37 Conflict of Interest/Financial Disclosure Policy

AP 38 Health Insurance Requirement for International Students

AP 39 Reuse Policy for Replaced Computers

AP 40 Alcohol Beverages on Campus

AP 41 Computer Replacement Policy

AP 42 Outreach Residual Funds

AP 43 Summer Session and J-Term

AP 44 Use of Copyrighted Material

AP 45 Shared Radio Spectrum Management and Coordination

AP 46 Emeriti Status for Unclassified Staff (Faculty/Academic Staff)

AP 47 Honored Retiree Status for Classified Employees

AP 48 Application for Immigrant Visas

AP 49 Determination of Outreach Course

AP 50 Cellular Telephone Policy

AP 52 Access, Use, and Retention of Social Security Numbers

AP 53 Full-time Status with a Reduced Course Load

AP 54 Advertising, Sponsorship, and Promotion of Alcohol and/or Tobacco Products on Campus

AP55 Licensing of UWRF Registered Marks

 

University of Wisconsin-River Falls Administrative Policy Paper
Number: AP 13 Revised
Date Issued: November 2, 1998
Subject: Dispensing of Hearing Aids

1.0 POLICY/PURPOSE:

1.1 The dispensing of hearing aids is very important to the Department of Communicative Disorders for three main reasons. First, it is a means by which our graduate students can obtain clinical clock hours which are required by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). ASHA is the national accrediting organization that mandates the standards that our program follows. Second, learning how to dispense and fit hearing aids provides a practical experience for the graduate students and it augments material taught in the Aural Rehabilitation (466/666) and Clinical Practicum (772) courses. The dispensing of hearing aids is an important part of instruction and research in speech and hearing programs. Three, the dispensing of hearing aids is consistent with the UW-River Falls mission statement, such that, we are providing the hearing impaired persons in our community an opportunity to improve their communication abilities.

2.0 OVERVIEW/BACKGROUND:

2.1 Statutes
2.2 System Policies - General Administrative Policy Paper #37
2.3 Past Practice

3.0 UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None

4.0 DEPARTMENT/UNIT RESPONSIBILITIES:

Communicative Disorders

4.1 To insure an ethical dispensing practice by abiding by the following federal laws and the University of Wisconsin Administration - General Administrative Policy Paper #37, March 10, 1987.

Federal Trade Commission 1977 law that states that any person under 18 years of age must have medical clearance from a licensed physician before they can be fitted with a hearing aid. Any person over the age of 18 has the option of signing a medical clearance waiver statement.

Federal Communication Commission 1977 that any patient who purchases a hearing aid is entitled to try the hearing aid for 30 days and the patient may cancel the purchase agreement any time during that 30-day trail period.

The University of Wisconsin System Administration - General Administrative Policy Paper #37, March 10, 1987, II. Policy portion A-D will be adhered to and the components of that policy are found in section 5.0 Procedures below.

5.0 PROCEDURE:

5.1 The testing and dispensing of hearing aids will be administered by a Wisconsin licensed hearing instrument specialist within the Department of Communicative Disorders.
5.2 The clinic will dispense a maximum of 75 hearing aids annually.
5.3 Fees charged to patients for purchase will approximate those of area dispensers.
5.4 The patients will be told to explore other options regarding purchasing of a hearing aid by contacting other dispensers. They will also be told that they can purchase the hearing aid from the dispenser of their choice.
5.5 The clinic will not advertise the sale of hearing aids.

Attached are the current Department of Communicative Disorders Hearing Aid Purchase Agreement and Hearing Aid Price List and Payment Policy forms. The prices for hearing aids are subject to change as per section 5.0 #5.3.

 

 

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