Tex.
Occ. Code Section 401.061
Over-the-counter Hearing Aids
(a)
Except as provided by this section, this chapter does not apply to servicing, marketing, selling, dispensing, providing customer support for, acquiring, or distributing over-the-counter hearing aids, regardless of whether the transaction occurs in person, online, or through other means.(b)
A person is not required to obtain a license under this chapter or Chapter 402 (Hearing Instrument Fitters and Dispensers) to engage in an activity described by Subsection (a).(c)
A person may not use the title “licensed dispenser” or “licensed seller” with respect to over-the-counter hearing aids or otherwise represent that the person holds a license to sell or dispense over-the-counter hearing aids unless the person is licensed as an audiologist or audiologist intern under this chapter or as a hearing instrument fitter and dispenser under Chapter 402 (Hearing Instrument Fitters and Dispensers).(d)
The supervision, prescription, order, involvement, or intervention of a person licensed in this state is not required under this chapter for a consumer to access over-the-counter hearing aids.(e)
A person licensed under this chapter may service, market, sell, dispense, provide customer support for, or distribute over-the-counter hearing aids. These activities do not exempt a person licensed under this chapter from any applicable provision of this chapter or Chapter 402 (Hearing Instrument Fitters and Dispensers).
Source:
Section 401.061 — Over-the-counter Hearing Aids, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.401.htm#401.061
(accessed Jun. 5, 2024).