(1) "Hearing aid" means an instrument or device designed for or represented as aiding or improving defective human hearing and includes the parts, attachments, or accessories of the instrument or device.

(2) "Hearing aid dispenser" or "dispenser" means a person holding a current license issued by the Montana Board of Hearing Aid Dispensers under Title 37, chapter 16, MCA to engage in selling, dispensing, or fitting hearing aids. The term does not include any person to the extent that the person acts beyond the scope of the person's hearing aid dispenser license.

(3) "Dispenser" also means a person holding a current audiology license issued by the Montana Board of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists under Title 37, chapter 15, MCA to engage in selling, dispensing, or fitting hearing aids.