Tex. Occ. Code § 401.058

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 401.058 - Application to Hearing Instrument Fitters and Dispensers
(a) This chapter does not prevent or restrict a person licensed under Chapter 402 from engaging in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing instruments.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit a fitter and dispenser of hearing instruments licensed under Chapter 402 from measuring human hearing by any means, including an audiometer, to make a selection, adaptation, or sale of a hearing instrument, including:
(1) making impressions for earmolds to be used as part of a hearing instrument; and
(2) providing post-fitting counseling to fit and dispense hearing instruments.
(c) A person who is not an audiologist who is licensed to fit and dispense hearing instruments under Chapter 402 may not:
(1) practice speech-language pathology or audiology; or
(2) represent that the person is a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by the use of any term restricted by this chapter.

Tex. Occ. Code § 401.058

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.