Tex. Occ. Code § 401.404 · Subchapter I. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
HEARING INSTRUMENT SALES TO MINORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A licensed audiologist may not sell a hearing instrument to a person under 18 years of age unless the person or the parent or guardian of the person presents to the audiologist a written statement signed by a licensed physician stating that:
(1) the person's hearing loss has been medically evaluated during the six-month period preceding the date the statement is presented; and
(2) the person may be considered a candidate for a hearing instrument.
(b) Whenever practicable, the medical evaluation described by Subsection (a)(1) should be performed by a licensed physician who specializes in diseases of the ear.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 783 (S.B. 905), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
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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