Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
OCCUPATIONS CODE |
Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
Subtitle G. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA |
Chapter 402. HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTERS AND DISPENSERS |
Subchapter H. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER |
Sec. 402.353. SOUND-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS
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(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 that ambient noise levels meet permissible standards for testing threshold to 20 dB based on the most current American National Standards Institute "ears covered" octave band criteria for Permissible Ambient Noise Levels During Audiometric Testing.
(b) A dBA equivalent level may be used to determine compliance.
(c) The committee shall adopt rules necessary to enforce this section.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.