Exam candidates must meet a minimum of two (2) years of full-time dispensing experience within the last five (5) years, have a current State/Provincial Dispensing License or Certificate of Registration (where applicable), or a diploma from the Grant MacEwan Hearing Aid Practitioner Program to be eligible to take the National Competency Exam (NCE). Eligibility is obtained by submitting:

1.  A current State/Provincial dispensing license, Certificate of Registration (where applicable), or a diploma from the Grant MacEwan Hearing Aid Practitioner Program.

2.  A letter on company letterhead from a current employer or person that supervised your training attesting to your two-years of full-time dispensing experience.

Hearing Instrument Specialists who completed fifteen (15) months or more of the two-year dispensing requirement are eligible to sit for the exam. Upon successfully passing the exam they will remain "Board Eligible" until the two-year requirement is fulfilled and the appropriate fees are paid.