Tex. Occupations Code § 401.061
OVER-THE-COUNTER HEARING AIDS
Texas · Texas Occupations Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Occupations Code § 401.061, OVER-THE-COUNTER HEARING AIDS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/699238
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(a) Except as provided by this section, this chapter does not apply to servicing, marketing, selling, dispensing, providing customer support for, acquiring, or distributing over-the-counter hearing aids, regardless of whether the transaction occurs in person, online, or through other means.
(b) A person is not required to obtain a license under this chapter or Chapter 402 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 an audiologist or audiologist intern under this chapter or as a hearing instrument fitter and dispenser under Chapter 402.
(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 or Chapter 402.