California Hearing Instrument Specialist — License Examination Requirements
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This page provides licensing requirements, not a question bank. Review the applicable pathway and official sources below.
Licenses, application pathways and examination requirements
Each license and applicant pathway has its own requirements and exemptions. Choosing practice questions does not determine your eligibility.
Hearing Aid Dispensing Branch Office
Duplicate license for a branch office attached to the dispenser’s regular license.
Licensing authority: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board · Application information
Obtain a duplicate license for a branch office
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
- Location
- Separate application for each branch; obtain a new branch license after an address change; no branch fitting or sales before receipt of that location’s license.
- Parent license
- Hold a regular hearing aid dispenser license and maintain more than one practice location; identify the holder and branch location (BPC § 2538.34(b)).
Official no-examination sources
Effective from 2026-09-22.
- California Business and Professions Code, Article 8
BPC § 2538.34
- California Business and Professions Code, Article 8
BPC § 2538.53
- branch_offices.html
Branch office issuance and renewal
Annual renewal of branch office duplicate license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
- Fee
- The Board states an annual renewal fee of $25 for each branch.
- Parent license
- Branch duplicate expires with the regular dispenser license and is renewed under BPC § 2538.53(b),(d).
Official no-examination sources
Effective from 2026-09-22.
- California Business and Professions Code, Article 8
BPC § 2538.34
- California Business and Professions Code, Article 8
BPC § 2538.53
- branch_offices.html
Branch office issuance and renewal