{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-402.453","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 402.453","heading":"TREATMENT OF EAR DEFECTS; ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS.","body":"(a) A license holder may not treat the ear in any manner for any defect or administer any drug or physical treatment unless the license holder is a physician licensed to practice by the Texas Medical Board.\n(b) This chapter does not affect a law regulating the practice of medicine as defined by Subtitle B.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.062, eff. April 2, 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 J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.402.htm#402.453","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"aa702a74c9fdcf7af13ea18d6581ea2cd1fd080b78e5adbcd7d98c47a7b40c61","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-402.451","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-402.501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}