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Regulation of the Day 42: Hearing Aid Calibration

Regulation of the Day 42: Hearing Aid Calibration

In Virginia, state law requires hearing aids to be calibrated at least annually. Records must be kept for three years.

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Fishing for Rationality in the Beauty Salon

Fishing for Rationality in the Beauty Salon

Are you thinking of getting one of those cool new “fish pedicures” in which two-inch-long carp nibble dead skin off your toes and feet? Well, you’d better act fast. Many states are considering a ban on the process. And an article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal (sorry, may be for subscribers only) explains that 14 states have now already banned it or found that the process violates an existing cosmetology or other public health rule.

Indeed, the introduction of fish pedicures…

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