Sec. 402.406. OWNERSHIP OF DISPENSING PRACTICE. (a) A person who owns, maintains, or operates an office or place of business in which the person employs or engages under contract a person who practices the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments is considered to be practicing the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments under this chapter and is required to be licensed under this chapter or licensed as an audiologist under Chapter 401.
(b) If the person who owns, maintains, or operates an office or place of business under this section is a partnership, each partner must be licensed as provided by this section. If the person who owns, maintains, or operates an office or place of business under this section is a corporation or other legal entity, the chief executive officer of the corporation or entity must be licensed as provided by this section.
(c) All of the business's records and contracts are solely the property of the person who owns the business.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 315 (H.B. 594), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009.
Last modified: September 28, 2016