# Health Occupations (GHO)

## Title 2. Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers, Speech-language Pathologists, and Music Therapists

### Subtitle 1. Definitions and Policy

#### Section 2-102

(a) This title applies to an individual who practices audiology, hearing aid dispensing, speech-language pathology, or music therapy, or assists in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology in the State.

(b) This title does not:

  (1) Limit the right of an individual to practice a health occupation that the individual is authorized to practice under this article;

  (2) Prohibit an individual from practicing any other profession that the individual is authorized to practice under the laws of this State;

  (3) Limit the right of a physician who is authorized to practice medicine under the laws of the State to treat the human ear or fit hearing aids; or

  (4) Apply to the servicing, marketing, sale, dispensing, use, customer support, or distribution of over-the-counter hearing aids through in-person transactions, by mail, or online as authorized by federal law and regulations.

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Md. Code Ann., Health Occ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)