SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER B APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
- Texas Section 401.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Advisory board" means the Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Advisory Board. (1-a) "Audiologist" means a person who meets the qualifications of this...
- Texas Section 401.051 - Physicians
(a) This chapter does not prevent or restrict a physician from engaging in the practice of medicine in this state. (b) This chapter does not...
- Texas Section 401.052 - Nurses
This chapter does not prevent or restrict a communication, speech, language, or hearing screening, as defined by commission rule, from being conducted by a registered...
- Texas Section 401.053 - Persons Trained By Department Of State Health Services
(a) This chapter does not apply to a person who shows evidence of having received training by the Department of State Health Services in a...
- Texas Section 401.054 - Persons Certified By Texas Education Agency
(a) This chapter does not prevent or restrict the activities and services or the use of an official title by a person who is certified...
- Texas Section 401.055 - University Or College Teachers
This chapter does not restrict the use of an official title by a person teaching in a university or college training program, if the person:...
- Texas Section 401.056 - Students
This chapter does not restrict the activities and services of a student pursuing a course of study leading to a degree in speech-language pathology or...
- Texas Section 401.057 - Hearing Conservation Program
This chapter does not prevent a person in an industrial setting from engaging in hearing testing as a part of a hearing conservation program in...
- Texas Section 401.058 - Application To Hearing Instrument Fitters And Dispensers
(a) This chapter does not prevent or restrict a person licensed under Chapter 402 from engaging in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing instruments....
- Texas Section 401.059 - Application To Other Licensed Professionals
This chapter does not prevent a person licensed in this state under another law from engaging in the profession for which the person is licensed....
SUBCHAPTER C SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS AND AUDIOLOGISTS ADVISORY BOARD
- Texas Section 401.060 - Medical Practice
This chapter does not permit a person to perform an act that violates Subtitle B. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 401.102 - Advisory Board Membership
(a) The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the approval of the commission as follows: (1)...
- Texas Section 401.10205 - Duties Of Advisory Board
The advisory board shall provide advice and recommendations to the department on technical matters relevant to the administration of this chapter. Added by Acts 2015,...
- Texas Section 401.105 - Terms; Vacancies
(a) Members are appointed for staggered six-year terms. The terms of three members expire September 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) If a vacancy occurs...
- Texas Section 401.107 - Presiding Officer
(a) The presiding officer of the commission shall designate a member of the advisory board to serve as the presiding officer of the advisory board...
SUBCHAPTER E POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 401.108 - Meetings
The advisory board shall meet at the call of the presiding officer of the commission or the executive director. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388,...
- Texas Section 401.201 - General Powers And Duties
(a) The executive director shall administer and enforce this chapter. (a-1) The department shall: (1) evaluate the qualifications of license applicants; (2) provide for the...
- Texas Section 401.202 - Standards Of Ethical Practice
The commission shall adopt rules under this chapter that establish standards of ethical practice. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,...
- Texas Section 401.2021 - Rules For Hearing Instruments
With the assistance of the advisory board and the Hearing Instrument Fitters and Dispensers Advisory Board, the commission shall adopt rules to establish requirements for...
- Texas Section 401.2022 - Rules For Fitting And Dispensing Of Hearing Instruments By Telepractice
(a) In this section, "telepractice" means the use of telecommunications technology by a license holder for an assessment, intervention, or consultation regarding a speech-language pathology...
SUBCHAPTER F PUBLIC ACCESS AND INFORMATION
- Texas Section 401.203 - Assistance Filing Complaint
(a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 1.222(36), eff. September 1, 2015. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 401.251 - Telephone Number For Complaints
The department shall list with its regular telephone number any toll-free telephone number established under other state law that may be called to present a...
- Texas Section 401.253 - Rules Regarding Use Of Private Investigator
Sec. 401.253. RULES REGARDING USE OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR. (a) For purposes of Section 51.252, the commission must adopt rules to prescribe guidelines concerning the categories...
SUBCHAPTER G LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
- Texas Section 401.2535 - Confidentiality Of Complaint And Disciplinary Information
(a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 1.222(43), eff. September 1, 2015. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...
- Texas Section 401.301 - License Required
A person may not practice speech-language pathology or audiology or represent that the person is a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in this state unless the...
- Texas Section 401.302 - Issuance Of License
(a) The department shall issue a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter and who pays to the department the initial...
- Texas Section 401.303 - License Application
(a) A person who desires a license under this chapter must apply to the department on a form and in the manner prescribed by the...
- Texas Section 401.304 - Applicant Eligibility
(a) To be eligible for licensing as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, an applicant must: (1) if the application is for a license in: (A)...
- Texas Section 401.3041 - Criminal History Record Information Requirement For License Issuance
(a) The department shall require that an applicant for a license submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the...
- Texas Section 401.305 - Examination
(a) To obtain a license, an applicant must: (1) pass an examination approved by the commission by rule; and (2) pay fees in a manner...
- Texas Section 401.307 - Reexamination
(a) A person who fails the examination may take a subsequent examination on payment of a nonrefundable fee for the subsequent examination. (b) An applicant...
- Texas Section 401.308 - Provisional License; Certificate Of Clinical Competence Waiver
(a) The department may grant a provisional license to an applicant who: (1) is licensed in good standing as a speech-language pathologist or an audiologist...
- Texas Section 401.310 - Temporary Certificate Of Registration
(a) The department shall issue a temporary certificate of registration to an applicant who: (1) satisfies the requirements of Section 401.304; (2) has not previously...
- Texas Section 401.311 - Intern License
(a) A license applicant who has completed only the requirements of Sections 401.304(a)(1)-(4) may be licensed as an intern under this chapter. (b) An applicant...
SUBCHAPTER H LICENSE EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL
- Texas Section 401.312 - Licensed Assistants
(a) The commission by rule may establish minimum qualifications for licensed assistants in speech-language pathology and in audiology. (b) A licensed assistant in speech-language pathology...
- Texas Section 401.351 - License Term
A license issued under this chapter is valid for two years. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by:...
- Texas Section 401.352 - License Renewal
(a) Each licensed speech-language pathologist or audiologist must pay the nonrefundable fee for license renewal. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838...
SUBCHAPTER I PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
- Texas Section 401.355 - Continuing Education
(a) The commission by rule shall establish uniform mandatory continuing education requirements. A license holder may not renew the person's license unless the person meets...
- Texas Section 401.401 - Audiometric Testing
(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...
- Texas Section 401.402 - Practice By Speech-language Pathologists
(a) A speech-language pathologist may perform basic audiometric screening tests and aural habilitation or rehabilitation. (b) A person licensed as a speech-language pathologist under this...
- Texas Section 401.403 - Practice By Audiologists
(a) An audiologist may: (1) engage in any act necessary to: (A) evaluate hearing; (B) train in the use of amplification, including hearing instruments; (C)...
SUBCHAPTER J LICENSE DENIAL AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
- Texas Section 401.404 - Hearing Instrument Sales To Minors
A licensed audiologist may not sell a hearing instrument to a person under 18 years of age unless the person or the parent or guardian...
- Texas Section 401.451 - Grounds For License Denial And Disciplinary Action
(a) After a hearing, the commission or executive director may deny a license to an applicant or may suspend or revoke a person's license or...
SUBCHAPTER K PENALTIES AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 401.453 - License Denial, Revocation, Or Suspension For Criminal Conviction
(a) The commission or department may deny a license or may suspend or revoke a license if the applicant or license holder has been convicted...
- Texas Section 401.501 - Deceptive Trade Practice
A violation of Section 401.301 is a deceptive trade practice. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
- Texas Section 401.5021 - Refund
The commission or executive director may order an audiologist to pay a refund to a consumer who returns a hearing instrument during the 30-day trial...
SUBCHAPTER L ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY
- Texas Section 401.503 - Criminal Offense
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by: (1) confinement...
- Texas Section 401.552 - Amount Of Administrative Penalty
(a) The amount of an administrative penalty imposed for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter may...