§ 401.053. PERSONS TRAINED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.

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(a) This chapter does not apply to a person who shows evidence of having received training by the Department of State Health Services in a communication, speech, language, or hearing screening training program approved by that department if the person's activity is limited to screening as defined by commission rule.

(b) A person who has received training by the Department of State Health Services in a program under Subsection (a) may not:

(1) practice speech-language pathology or audiology; or

(2) represent that the person is a speech-language pathologist or audiologist.

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