Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 4 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION › Chapter 112 - HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTERS AND DISPENSERS › Subchapter F - TEMPORARY TRAINING PERMIT › Section 112.53 - Temporary Training Permit - Supervision and Temporary Training Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The training
				  of a temporary training permit holder must be done under the supervision of an
				  individual who holds a valid license to fit and dispense hearing instruments
				  under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 401 or 402, other than an individual
				  licensed under §401.311 or §401.312.
(b) A supervisor licensed under Texas
				  Occupations Code, Chapter 401, shall comply with all provisions of Texas
				  Occupations Code, Chapter 402, and this chapter that relate to the supervision
				  and training of a temporary permit holder. A supervisor licensed under Texas
				  Occupations Code, Chapter 402, shall comply with all provisions of the Act and
				  this chapter.
(c) A person must
				  obtain a temporary training permit prior to beginning the supervision and must
				  maintain a valid temporary training permit during the person's supervised
				  practicum experience.
(d) A
				  temporary training permit holder only has the authority prescribed under Texas
				  Occupations Code § 402.256.
(e) The supervisor must submit a written
				  notification of termination of supervision to the department and the temporary
				  training permit holder within ten (10) days of cessation of supervision on a
				  department-approved form or in a manner prescribed by the department.
(f) Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §
				  402.257, the temporary training permit holder shall give written notice to the
				  department of the transfer of supervision within ten (10) working days of
				  change in supervisor using a department-approved form or in a manner prescribed
				  by the department.
(g) A temporary
				  training permit holder shall have at least 150 hours of directly supervised
				  practicum that shall include the following:
(1) 25 contact hours of pure tone air
				  conduction, bone conduction, and speech audiometry, recorded and live voice,
				  with 15 of the required hours being with actual clients;
(2) 25 client contact hours of hearing
				  instrument evaluations, including sound-field measurements with recorded and
				  live voice;
(3) 20 contact hours of
				  instrument fittings with actual clients;
(4) 10 contact hours of earmold orientation
				  types, uses, and terminology;
(5)
				  five contact hours of earmold impressions and otoscopic examinations of the
				  ear;
(6) 15 contact hours of
				  troubleshooting of defective hearing instruments;
(7) 20 contact hours of case history with
				  actual clients;
(8) 10 contact
				  hours regarding the laws governing the licensing of persons fitting and
				  dispensing hearing instruments and federal Food and Drug Administration and
				  Federal Trade Commission regulations relating to the fitting and dispensing of
				  hearing instruments; and
(9) 20
				  contact hours of supplemental work in one or more of the areas described by
				  paragraphs (1) through (8).