Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 36.011
Qualifications of Persons Providing Screening and Remedial Services

(a)

The department in accordance with department rules may require that persons who administer special senses and communication disorders screening complete an approved training program, and the department may train those persons and approve training programs.

(b)

A person who provides speech and language screening services authorized by this chapter must be:

(1)

appropriately licensed; or

(2)

trained and monitored by a person who is appropriately licensed.

(c)

A person who is not an appropriately licensed professional may not conduct hearing screening authorized by this chapter other than screening of hearing sensitivity. The person shall refer an individual who is unable to respond reliably to that screening to an appropriately licensed professional.

(d)

A person who provides a professional examination or remedial services authorized by this chapter for speech, language, or hearing disorders must be appropriately licensed.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0127, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 36.011 — Qualifications of Persons Providing Screening and Remedial Services, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­36.­htm#36.­011 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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