Texas Administrative Code
Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION
Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION
Chapter 112 - HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTERS AND DISPENSERS
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 112.3 - Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Universal Citation: 16 TX Admin Code § 112.3

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(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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