Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.604

This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1001.604, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.

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§ 1001.604. RELIANCE ON ADVISORY OPINION.

Official statutory text

It is a defense to prosecution or to imposition of a civil penalty that a person reasonably relied on a written advisory opinion of the board relating to:

(1) the provision of the law the person is alleged to have violated; or

(2) a fact situation that is substantially similar to the fact situation in which the person is involved.

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