| (a) Except as provided in this section, this chapter
does not apply to servicing, marketing, selling, dispensing, providing
customer support for, acquiring, or distributing over-the-counter
hearing aids.
(b) A person is not required to obtain a license under
this chapter to engage in an activity described by subsection (a).
(c) A person may not use the title "licensed dispenser"
or "licensed seller" with respect to over-the-counter hearing aids
or otherwise represent that the person holds a license to sell or
dispense over-the-counter hearing aids unless the person is licensed
as a hearing instrument fitter and dispenser under this chapter or
as an audiologist or audiologist intern under Chapter 111.
(d) The supervision, prescription, order, involvement,
or intervention of a person licensed in this state is not required
under this chapter for a consumer to access over-the-counter hearing
aids.
(e) A person licensed under this chapter may service,
market, sell, dispense, provide customer support for, or distribute
over-the-counter hearing aids. These activities do not exempt a person
licensed under this chapter from any applicable provision of this
chapter unrelated to the activities in (a).
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