- (a) No person shall train or supervise an intern unless he or she has complied with the requirements of Arkansas Code § 17-84-304 or Arkansas Code § 17-4-107, if applicable.
- (b) No licensed hearing instrument dispenser or audiologist qualified to act as a sponsor of an intern shall have more than one (1) intern in the training program under his or her supervision at any one (1) time.
- (c) No intern sponsor shall knowingly allow or require any intern under his or her supervision to practice the dispensing of hearing instruments except under his or her direct, personal, and physical supervision, nor knowingly allow or require such intern to work out of any office other than his or her own.
(d)
- (1) Each sponsor must submit, in writing, to the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers, at the time application is submitted, an outline of the training program he or she intends to use for each intern he or she sponsors.
- (2) Such training program must be approved by the board prior to the issuance of any internship certificate.
- (3) The board may prepare and distribute model training program outlines.
(e)
(1) At the time the internship is completed and before the intern will be allowed to take the licensure examination, the sponsor must:
- (A) Submit to the board a written report on a form furnished by the board; and
- (B) Verify under oath that the intern has successfully completed the prescribed internship program.
- (2) Each sponsor must notify the board in writing, within ten (10) days, by certified mail, of any intern who abandons his or her internship program before completion.
- (f) An intern may change sponsors, for good cause shown, with the permission of the board.
- (g) Any intern who abandons his or her internship program before completion must reapply and complete a new one-year internship program.
- (h) Any person sponsoring an intern must agree to be accountable to the board in all matters concerning the internship.