Sec. G-1. 32 MRSA §1658-B, as amended by PL 1987, c. 597, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§1658-B. Payment; trial period
The seller-licensee may require the purchaser to pay the full purchase price for the hearing aid or aids at the time of delivery. On that date of delivery, a 30-day trial period begins. If within this trial period the purchaser notifies the dealer-licensee of the purchaser's wish to cancel the transaction, the dealer-licensee must make a full refund of the purchase price, less the reasonable price of the ear mold or molds and lab fees, at the time the purchaser returns the hearing aid or aids. The dealer-licensee must also return to the purchaser any hearing aids, devices, accessories and ear molds that the dealer-licensee has received from the purchaser.
No fewer than 20 or more than 35 days following the delivery of the hearing aid or aids to the purchaser, the dealer-licensee must contact the purchaser and provide, at no cost to the purchaser, any service, fitting or repair that may be necessary for the beneficial and comfortable use of the hearing aid. If any service, fitting or repair is performed, a new 30-day trial period commences as of the date of this service.
The dealer-licensee must notify the purchaser in writing of the purchaser's right to cancel the transaction and of the purchaser's entitlement to a full refund, as described in this section.
Any provision of a contract that limits or conditions in any way the rights guaranteed to purchasers by this section is against public policy and void. Any violation of the requirements of this section, in addition to being unethical conduct under section 1658-N, constitutes a violation of the Unfair Trade Practices Act, Title 5, chapter 10.
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