Tex. Occupations Code § 108.052
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 108.052, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 108.052. DENIAL OF LICENSE.
Official statutory text
A licensing authority shall deny an application for a license as a health care professional for an applicant who:
(1) is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) has been previously convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the commission of a felony offense involving the use or threat of force; or
(3) has been previously convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the commission of an offense:
(A) under Section 22.011, 22.02, 22.021, or 22.04, Penal Code, or an offense under the laws of another state or federal law that is equivalent to an offense under one of those sections;
(B) committed:
(i) when the applicant held a license as a health care professional in this state or another state; and
(ii) in the course of providing services within the scope of the applicant's license; and
(C) in which the victim of the offense was a patient of the applicant.
(1) is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) has been previously convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the commission of a felony offense involving the use or threat of force; or
(3) has been previously convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the commission of an offense:
(A) under Section 22.011, 22.02, 22.021, or 22.04, Penal Code, or an offense under the laws of another state or federal law that is equivalent to an offense under one of those sections;
(B) committed:
(i) when the applicant held a license as a health care professional in this state or another state; and
(ii) in the course of providing services within the scope of the applicant's license; and
(C) in which the victim of the offense was a patient of the applicant.
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