Sec. 401.058. APPLICATION TO HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTERS AND DISPENSERS. (a) This chapter does not prevent or restrict a person licensed under Chapter 402 from engaging in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing instruments.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit a fitter and dispenser of hearing instruments licensed under Chapter 402 from measuring human hearing by any means, including an audiometer, to make a selection, adaptation, or sale of a hearing instrument, including:
(1) making impressions for earmolds to be used as part of a hearing instrument; and
(2) providing post-fitting counseling to fit and dispense hearing instruments.
(c) A person who is not an audiologist who is licensed to fit and dispense hearing instruments under Chapter 402 may not:
(1) practice speech-language pathology or audiology; or
(2) represent that the person is a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by the use of any term restricted by this chapter.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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