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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 C. COMMITTEE POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 402.1021. JOINT RULES FOR HEARING INSTRUMENTS
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With the assistance of the department, the committee and the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall jointly adopt rules to establish requirements for each sale of a hearing instrument. The rules must:
(1) address:
(A) the information and other provisions required in each written contract for the purchase of a hearing instrument;
(B) records that must be retained under this chapter or Chapter 401; and
(C) guidelines for the 30-day trial period during which a person may cancel the purchase of a hearing instrument; and
(2) require that the written contract and 30-day trial period information provided to a purchaser of a hearing instrument be in plain language designed to be easily understood by the average consumer.