Tex. Occupations Code § 402.353
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 402.353, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 402.353. SOUND-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS.
Official statutory text
(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 commission shall adopt rules necessary to enforce this section.
(b) A dBA equivalent level may be used to determine compliance.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to enforce this section.
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