Tex. Occ. Code § 401.053 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
PERSONS TRAINED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not apply to a person who shows evidence of having received training by the Department of State Health Services in a communication, speech, language, or hearing screening training program approved by that department if the person's activity is limited to screening as defined by commission rule.
(b) A person who has received training by the Department of State Health Services in a program under Subsection (a) may not:
(1) practice speech-language pathology or audiology; or
(2) represent that the person is a speech-language pathologist or audiologist.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.401.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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