Texas Occupations Code 402.1021 – Rules for Hearing Instruments
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 402.1021
- 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 Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Advisory Board, the commission shall adopt rules to establish requirements for each sale of a hearing instrument for purposes of this chapter and Chapter 401. 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 401; 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.