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Tex. Occupations Code § 401.053: PERSONS TRAINED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.

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OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SUBTITLE G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA
CHAPTER 401. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS
SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER

(a) This chapter does not apply to a person who shows evidence of having received training by the Department of State Health Services in a communication, speech, language, or hearing screening training program approved by that department if the person's activity is limited to screening as defined by commission rule.

(b) A person who has received training by the Department of State Health Services in a program under Subsection (a) may not:

(1) practice speech-language pathology or audiology; or

(2) represent that the person is a speech-language pathologist or audiologist.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.042, eff. September 1, 2015.

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