16 Tex. Admin. Code § 112.3 - Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
(a) Except as
provided in this section, this chapter does not apply to servicing, marketing,
selling, dispensing, providing customer support for, acquiring, or distributing
over-the-counter hearing aids.
(b)
A person is not required to obtain a license under this chapter to engage in an
activity described by subsection (a).
(c) A person may not use the title "licensed
dispenser" or "licensed seller" with respect to over-the-counter hearing aids
or otherwise represent that the person holds a license to sell or dispense
over-the-counter hearing aids unless the person is licensed as a hearing
instrument fitter and dispenser under this chapter or as an audiologist or
audiologist intern under Chapter 111.
(d) The supervision, prescription, order,
involvement, or intervention of a person licensed in this state is not required
under this chapter for a consumer to access over-the-counter hearing
aids.
(e) A person licensed under
this chapter may service, market, sell, dispense, provide customer support for,
or distribute over-the-counter hearing aids. These activities do not exempt a
person licensed under this chapter from any applicable provision of this
chapter unrelated to the activities in (a).
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