Section 20-425. Definitions  


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  • Whenever used in this subchapter the following
      terms shall mean:
        a. "Disabled" means a person who has a physical or medical  impairment
      resulting from anatomical or physiological conditions which prevents the
      exercise  of  a  normal  bodily function or is demonstrable by medically
      accepted clinical or laboratory diagnostic techniques.
        b. "Products for the Disabled" means any instrument or  device  either
      represented  as an aid for or designed specifically or substantially for
      the disabled. This includes but is not  limited  to:  braces,  crutches,
      prosthetic  devices,  ostomy  supplies  and equipment, orthotic devices,
      self-help aids and  wheelchairs.  This  subchapter  does  not  apply  to
      prosthetic  dental  devices,  or  any  product, instrument or device the
      manufacturing, retailing or distribution of which  is  licensed  by  any
      other state or local law.
        c.  "Person"  means any firm, partnership, association, corporation or
      individual.
        d.  "Dealer"  means  any  person  who  engages  in  a  business  which
      substantially  involves the selling, renting, repairing, or adjusting of
      products for the disabled, and who is not licensed or registered by  any
      other state or local law.
        e.  "Repair  and  Service"  includes repair, adjustment, modification,
      maintenance, removal or installation of any integral parts,  attachments
      or   accessories   to  products  for  the  disabled,  whether  done  for
      compensation, other consideration, or under a warranty.
        f. "Written Estimate" means a signed writing containing:
        1. a listing of  the  parts  to  be  replaced  and  the  cost  of  the
      replacements; and
        2.  a general description of the labor required for the repair and its
      cost; and
        3. a statement of additional charges, if any, for  the  estimate,  any
      service call, or any other extra charge excluding tax; and
        4.  the  promised  date  of  completion  of  the repair or delivery of
      purchased goods; and
        5. a form statement that the  final  cost,  excluding  tax,  will  not
      exceed  the  estimated  cost by more than twenty percent. This statement
      need not be given if the final cost, excluding tax,  will  not  be  more
      than the estimated cost.
        g. "Final Bill" means a signed writing containing:
        1. an itemization of each replacement part, including a description by
      make  and  model  or  serial  number  or by class and type or such other
      description as will reasonably identify each  part,  and  including  the
      charge for each replacement part; and
        2. a statement of the labor required for the repair and the total cost
      of such labor; and
        3. a statement of additional charges, if any, for the estimate, pickup
      and delivery, service charge and any other charges.