Tex. Occ. Code § 402.207 · Subchapter E. LICENSE AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
ISSUANCE OF APPRENTICE PERMIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall issue an apprentice permit to fit and dispense hearing instruments to a temporary training permit holder who has:
(1) passed the required examination;
(2) paid the required fees; and
(3) met all requirements of this chapter.
(b) An apprentice permit is valid for one year. The department may extend the apprentice permit for an additional period not to exceed one year.
(c) An apprentice permit holder shall work under the supervision of a license holder for at least one year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 315 (H.B. 594), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.102, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 377 (H.B. 2699), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 1.15, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.402.htm
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- 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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