Texas § 402.353 SOUND-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS.

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§ 402.353 — SOUND-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS.

Texas § 402.353

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Bluebook

Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 402.353 (2026).

Text

Sec. 402.353. SOUND-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS.

(a)If audiometric testing is not conducted in a stationary acoustical enclosure, sound-level measurements must be conducted at the time of the testing to ensure that ambient noise levels meet permissible standards for testing threshold to 20 dB based on the most current American National Standards Institute "ears covered" octave band criteria for Permissible Ambient Noise Levels During Audiometric Testing.

(b)A dBA equivalent level may be used to determine compliance.

(c)The commission shall adopt rules necessary to enforce this section.

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Sec. 402.353. SOUND-LEVEL MEASUREMENTS. (a) If audiometric testing is not conducted in a stationary acoustical enclosure, sound-level measurements must be conducted at the time of the testing to ensure that ambient noise levels meet permissible standards for testing threshold to 20 dB based on the most current American National Standards Institute "ears covered" octave band criteria for Permissible Ambient Noise Levels During Audiometric Testing.
(b) A dBA equivalent level may be used to determine compliance.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to enforce this section.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202 ), Sec. 1.119, eff. September 1, 2015.