Tex. Occ. Code § 402.402 · Subchapter I. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
SALE TO MINOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A licensed hearing instrument fitter and dispenser may not sell a hearing instrument to a person under 18 years of age unless the prospective user or a parent or guardian of the prospective user has presented to the hearing instrument fitter and dispenser a written statement, signed by a licensed physician, that states that the patient's hearing loss has been medically evaluated and that the patient may be considered a candidate for a hearing instrument. Whenever practicable, the medical evaluation should be performed by a licensed physician who specializes in diseases of the ear.
(b) The physician's evaluation must have taken place within the preceding six months.
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. 999 (S.B. 904), 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.402.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 e438a98069587186d76f2cabeac2d4c34f1a48336108f3a406b2447667c64b0a
- 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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