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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-2504" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="25" subtitle_name="Hearing Aid Sales Act">
  <text>It is a deceptive trade practice for a seller of hearing aids to:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Misrepresent in any way the purchaser’s right to cancel;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Fail to inform a purchaser in writing at the time of the purchase, and at the time of delivery of the right to cancel the contract at any time up to 30 days after the hearing aid has been delivered;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Before furnishing the “Notice of Cancellation” to the purchaser, fail to complete the notice by entering:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>The name of the seller;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The address of the seller’s place of business;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>The date of delivery; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iv">
      <text>The date, not earlier than 30 days after the date of delivery, by which the purchaser may give notice of cancellation;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Include in any sales contract or receipt any confession of judgment or waiver of any right to which the purchaser is entitled under this subtitle, including specifically the right to cancel the sale in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Fail to honor a valid notice of cancellation;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Within 30 days of receiving a purchaser’s notice of cancellation, fail to notify the purchaser whether the seller intends to repossess or to abandon the delivered hearing aid; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Fail to refund all payments, less 10 percent or the amount allowed under § 14-2503(b)(2) of this subtitle and payments made for diagnostic tests, made under the purchase agreement within 30 days after:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Receipt of the notice of cancellation if the purchaser’s agreement to purchase is made at a place other than the place of business of the seller; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Return of the hearing aid, if the purchaser’s agreement to purchase is made at the place of business of the seller.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
