Tex. Occupations Code § 102.051
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 102.051, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 102.051. SOLICITING PATIENTS; OFFENSE.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine; and
(2) employs or agrees to employ, pays or promises to pay, or rewards or promises to reward or provide any benefit or commission to another for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person accepts or agrees to accept anything of value or any benefit or commission for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage for a person who practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200. Each violation of this section is a separate offense.
(d) For purposes of this section, a person who practices the art of healing includes a masseur and an optometrist.
(1) practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine; and
(2) employs or agrees to employ, pays or promises to pay, or rewards or promises to reward or provide any benefit or commission to another for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person accepts or agrees to accept anything of value or any benefit or commission for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage for a person who practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200. Each violation of this section is a separate offense.
(d) For purposes of this section, a person who practices the art of healing includes a masseur and an optometrist.
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