Section 401.053. Persons Trained by Department of State Health Services

TX Occ Code § 401.053 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 401.053. PERSONS TRAINED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. (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.

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.