{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-402.353","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 402.353","heading":"SOUND-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS.","body":"(a) If audiometric testing is not conducted in a stationary acoustical enclosure, sound-level measurements must be conducted at the time of the testing to ensure that ambient noise levels meet permissible standards for testing threshold to 20 dB based on the most current American National Standards Institute \"ears covered\" octave band criteria for Permissible Ambient Noise Levels During Audiometric Testing.\n(b) A dBA equivalent level may be used to determine compliance.\n(c) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to enforce this section.\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. 1.119, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA","CHAPTER 402. HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTERS AND DISPENSERS","SUBCHAPTER H. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.402.htm#402.353","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"2551f5ae5107d624cc15f04c95fc69901b24aa086497951640a8efd53ef590a9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-402.352","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-402.354"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}