Tex. Occ. Code § 402.451 : OCCUPATIONS CODE — HEALTH PROFESSIONS — PROFESSIONS RELATED TO HEARING, SPEECH, AND DYSLEXIA — HEARING INSTRUMENT FITTERS AND DISPENSERS — PROHIBITED PRACTICES — Prohibited Acts TEXT PDF (a) A person may not: (1) buy, sell, or fraudulently obtain a license or aid another person to do so; (2) alter a license with the intent to defraud; (3) wilfully make a false statement in an application to the department for a license, a temporary training permit, or the renewal of a license; (4) falsely impersonate a license holder; or (5) engage in the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments when the person's license is suspended or revoked. (b) A license or permit holder may not: (1) solicit a potential customer by telephone unless the license or permit holder clearly discloses the holder's name and business address and the purpose of the communication; (2) use or purchase for use a list of names of potential customers compiled by telephone by a person other than the license or permit holder, the license or permit holder's authorized agent, or another license or permit holder; or (3) perform any act that requires a license from the Texas Optometry Board or the Texas Medical Board. Tex. Occ. Code § 402.451 Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1105,Sec. 3.008, eff. 9/1/2017. Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 838,Sec. 1.123, eff. 9/1/2015. Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 5.060, eff. 4/2/2015. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.