Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 402.404. Surety Bonding

(a) A sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity engaged in the fitting and dispensing of hearing instruments shall file with the department security in a form provided by Subsection (b) in the amount of $10,000 and conditioned on the promise to pay all:

(b) The security may be a bond, a cash deposit, or another negotiable security acceptable to the department.

(c) A bond required by this section remains in effect until canceled by action of the surety, the principal, or the department. A person must take action on the bond not later than the third anniversary of the date the bond is canceled.