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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
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Subtitle G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA |
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Chapter 402. HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTERS AND DISPENSERS |
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Subchapter B. STATE COMMITTEE OF EXAMINERS IN THE FITTING AND DISPENSING OF HEARING INSTRUMENTS |
Sec. 402.053. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS
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(a) In this section, "trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined national or statewide association of business or professional competitors designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.
(b) A person may not be a member of the committee if:
(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association in the field of hearing instrument fitting and dispensing; or
(2) the person's spouse or another person related to the person within the second degree by affinity or consanguinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a trade association in the field of hearing instrument fitting and dispensing.
(c) A person may not serve as a member of the committee or act as the general counsel to the committee if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code.
(d) A committee member appointed under Section 402.051(a)(2) may not have a financial interest in a hearing instrument manufacturing company or in a wholesale or retail hearing instrument company.