Health occupations: audiologists; practice of audiology; modify to reflect the prescribing of hearing aids. Amends sec. 16801 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16801).

This bill amends Michigan's Public Health Code to explicitly clarify that licensed audiologists are authorized to prescribe hearing aids as part of their practice. The legislation updates the legal definition of the "practice of audiology" to formally include the selection, fitting, prescribing, and dispensing of amplification systems like hearing aids. By making this authority explicit in the statute, the bill ensures that audiologists can legally provide these services without ambiguity, while maintaining the existing distinction that their work is nonmedical and does not include medical diagnosis or treatment.