Nothing in sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, shall be construed as prohibiting:

(1) Consulting with or disseminating research findings and scientific information to accredited academic institutions or governmental agencies or offering lectures to the public for a fee, monetary or otherwise;

(2) The activities and services of a graduate student or audiology intern in audiology at an accredited or approved college or university or a clinical training facility approved by the department, provided these activities and services constitute a part of his or her supervised course of study and that such person is designated as “Audiology Intern”, “Audiology Trainee”, or other such title clearly indicating the training status appropriate to his or her level of training;

(3) (A) A person from another state offering audiology services in this state, provided such services are performed for no more than five days in any calendar year and provided such person meets the qualifications and requirements for licensing in this state; or (B) a person from another state who is licensed or certified as an audiologist by a similar authority of another state, or territory of the United States, or of a foreign country or province whose standards are equivalent to or higher than, the requirements of sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, and regulations adopted under this section, or a person who meets such qualifications and requirements and resides in a state or territory of the United States, or a foreign country or province, which does not grant certification or license to audiologists, from offering audiology services in this state for a total of not more than thirty days in any calendar year;

(4) The activities and services of a person who meets the requirements of subsection (a) of section 20-395c, while such person is engaged in full or part-time employment in fulfillment of the professional employment requirement of said subsection;

(5) Nurses and other personnel from engaging in screening and audiometric testing, under the supervision of a licensed physician, surgeon or audiologist, for the purpose of identifying those persons whose sensitivity of hearing is below the standard acceptable level;

(6) The activity and services of hearing aid dealers;

(7) Any person possessing a valid certificate issued by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation, or another organization recognized by the commissioner, as a certified industrial audiometric technician or occupational hearing conservationist from an organization recognized by the commissioner, if such service is performed in cooperation with either an audiologist licensed under sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive, or a licensed physician;

(8) Audiometric tests administered pursuant to the United States Occupational Safety Act of 1970, by employees of the state or by a person engaged in a business in which such tests are reasonably required, and the persons administering such tests do not perform any other functions for which a license is required under sections 20-395a to 20-395g, inclusive; or

(9) A person licensed or registered by this state in another profession from practicing the profession for which he or she is licensed or registered.

(P.A. 09-232, S. 57.)