{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-401.302","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 401.302","heading":"ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.","body":"(a) The department shall issue a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter and who pays to the department the initial nonrefundable license fee.\n(b) The department may issue to an applicant a license in either speech-language pathology or audiology.\n(c) The department may issue a license in both speech-language pathology and audiology to an applicant.\n(d) The commission by rule shall establish qualifications for dual licensing in speech-language pathology and audiology and may develop a full range of licensing options and establish rules for qualifications.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.063, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA","CHAPTER 401. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS","SUBCHAPTER G. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.401.htm#401.302","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"c596dcfa461d575507a0179cb7786077c7f18c788d418ca79bea5b3c58752e57","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-401.301","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-401.303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}