Texas Occupations Code 401.2021 – Rules for Hearing Instruments
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 401.2021
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
With the assistance of the advisory board and the Hearing Instrument Fitters and Dispensers Advisory Board, the commission shall adopt rules to establish requirements for each sale of a hearing instrument for purposes of this chapter and Chapter 402. The rules must:
(1) address:
(A) the information and other provisions required in each written contract for the purchase of a hearing instrument;
(B) records that must be retained under this chapter or Chapter 402; and
(C) guidelines for the 30-day trial period during which a person may cancel the purchase of a hearing instrument; and
(2) require that the written contract and 30-day trial period information provided to a purchaser of a hearing instrument be in plain language designed to be easily understood by the average consumer.