Sec. 402.402. SALE TO MINOR. (a) A licensed hearing instrument fitter and dispenser may not sell a hearing instrument to a person under 18 years of age unless the prospective user or a parent or guardian of the prospective user has presented to the hearing instrument fitter and dispenser a written statement, signed by a licensed physician specializing in diseases of the ear, that states that the patient's hearing loss has been medically evaluated and that the patient may be considered a candidate for a hearing instrument.
(b) The physician's evaluation must have taken place within the preceding six months.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.