16 Tex. Admin. Code § 112.44 - Apprentice Permit-Continuing Education
(a)
The apprentice permit holder must complete 10 hours of continuing education
during the apprentice year, with no more than five of the 10 hours being
completed through online courses. Virtual courses are not considered online
courses.
(b) The continuing
education courses must be provided by a department-registered continuing
education provider. The apprentice permit holder must complete the continuing
education courses in one or more of the following approved subjects relating to
the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments:
(1) basic physics of sound;
(2) structure and function of hearing
instruments;
(3) fitting of hearing
instruments;
(4) pure tone
audiometry, including air conduction testing and bone conduction
testing;
(5) live voice and
recorded voice speech audiometry;
(6) masking when indicated for air
conduction, bone conduction, and speech;
(7) recording and evaluation of audiogram and
speech audiometry to determine the candidacy for hearing instruments;
(8) selection and adaption of hearing
instruments, testing of hearing instruments, and verification of aided hearing
instrument performance;
(9) taking
of earmold impressions;
(10)
verification of hearing instrument fitting and functional gain measurements
using a calibrated system;
(11)
anatomy and physiology of the ear;
(12) counseling and aural rehabilitation of
an individual with a hearing impairment for the purpose of fitting and
dispensing hearing instruments;
(13) use of an otoscope for the visual
observation of the entire ear canal;
(14) laws, rules, and regulations of this
state and the United States; and
(15) the proper procedures for sound level
measurements.
(c) The
apprentice permit holder must provide written proof of attendance or completion
of a continuing education course in a form and manner prescribed by the
department.
(d) The apprentice
permit holder will not receive credit for completing the same continuing
education course more than once during the permit term.
(e) The apprentice permit holder will not
receive credit unless the apprentice permit holder attended the full continuing
education course. There is no partial credit for attending less than the full
course.
Notes
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(a) Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code § 402.207, the apprentice permit holder must complete twenty (20) hours of classroom continuing education during the apprentice year.
(b) The apprentice permit holder must complete the continuing education in one or more of the following approved subjects relating to the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments:
(1) basic physics of sound;
(2) structure and function of hearing instruments;
(3) fitting of hearing instruments;
(4) pure tone audiometry, including air conduction testing and bone conduction testing;
(5) live voice and recorded voice speech audiometry;
(6) masking when indicated for air conduction, bone conduction, and speech;
(7) recording and evaluation of audiogram and speech audiometry to determine the candidacy for hearing instruments;
(8) selection and adaption of hearing instruments, testing of hearing instruments, and verification of aided hearing instrument performance;
(9) taking of earmold impressions;
(10) verification of hearing instrument fitting and functional gain measurements using a calibrated system;
(11) anatomy and physiology of the ear;
(12) counseling and aural rehabilitation of an individual with a hearing impairment for the purpose of fitting and dispensing hearing instruments ;
(13) use of an otoscope for the visual observation of the entire ear canal;
(14) laws, rules, and regulations of this state and the United States; and
(15) the proper procedures for sound level measurements.
(c) The apprentice must provide written proof of attendance or completion of an approved course on a department -approved form or in a manner prescribed by the department .