Section 402.004 - Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids(a) Except as provided by this section, this chapter does not apply to servicing, marketing, selling, dispensing, providing customer support for, acquiring, or distributing over-the-counter hearing aids, regardless of whether the transaction occurs in person, online, or through other means. (b) A person is not required to obtain a license under this chapter or Chapter 401 to engage in an activity described by Subsection (a). (c) A person may not use the title "licensed dispenser" or "licensed seller" with respect to over-the-counter hearing aids or otherwise represent that the person holds a license to sell or dispense over-the-counter hearing aids unless the person is licensed as a hearing instrument fitter and dispenser under this chapter or as an audiologist or audiologist intern under Chapter 401. (d) The supervision, prescription, order, involvement, or intervention of a person licensed in this state is not required under this chapter for a consumer to access over-the-counter hearing aids. (e) A person licensed under this chapter may service, market, sell, dispense, provide customer support for, or distribute over-the-counter hearing aids. These activities do not exempt a person licensed under this chapter from any applicable provision of this chapter or Chapter 401. Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 960,Sec. 6, eff. 6/18/2023, app. 12/1/2023. See Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 960, Sec. 11.