{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-401.404","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 401.404","heading":"HEARING INSTRUMENT SALES TO MINORS.","body":"(a) A licensed audiologist may not sell a hearing instrument to a person under 18 years of age unless the person or the parent or guardian of the person presents to the audiologist a written statement signed by a licensed physician stating that:\n(1) the person's hearing loss has been medically evaluated during the six-month period preceding the date the statement is presented; and\n(2) the person may be considered a candidate for a hearing instrument.\n(b) Whenever practicable, the medical evaluation described by Subsection (a)(1) should be performed by a licensed physician who specializes in diseases of the ear.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 783 (S.B. 905), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA","CHAPTER 401. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS","SUBCHAPTER I. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.401.htm#401.404","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"bb269879fe3fefe000cca929be835adafc01b8ba466318ce55f03b9555a86207","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-401.403","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-401.451"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}