Section 111.3 - Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids(a) Except as provided in this section, this chapter does not apply to servicing, marketing, selling, dispensing, providing customer support for, acquiring, or distributing over-the-counter hearing aids.(b) A person is not required to obtain a license under this chapter 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 112.(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 unrelated to the activities in §111.3(a).16 Tex. Admin. Code § 111.3
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 52, December 29, 2023, TexReg 8365, eff. 1/1/2024