Tex. Health and Safety Code § 36.011
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 36.011, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 36.011. QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING SCREENING AND REMEDIAL SERVICES.
Official statutory text
(a) The department in accordance with department rules may require that persons who administer special senses and communication disorders screening complete an approved training program, and the department may train those persons and approve training programs.
(b) A person who provides speech and language screening services authorized by this chapter must be:
(1) appropriately licensed; or
(2) trained and monitored by a person who is appropriately licensed.
(c) A person who is not an appropriately licensed professional may not conduct hearing screening authorized by this chapter other than screening of hearing sensitivity. The person shall refer an individual who is unable to respond reliably to that screening to an appropriately licensed professional.
(d) A person who provides a professional examination or remedial services authorized by this chapter for speech, language, or hearing disorders must be appropriately licensed.
(b) A person who provides speech and language screening services authorized by this chapter must be:
(1) appropriately licensed; or
(2) trained and monitored by a person who is appropriately licensed.
(c) A person who is not an appropriately licensed professional may not conduct hearing screening authorized by this chapter other than screening of hearing sensitivity. The person shall refer an individual who is unable to respond reliably to that screening to an appropriately licensed professional.
(d) A person who provides a professional examination or remedial services authorized by this chapter for speech, language, or hearing disorders must be appropriately licensed.
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