Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.156
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.156, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1101.156. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission may not adopt a rule restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a person regulated by the commission except to prohibit a false, misleading, or deceptive practice by the person.
(b) The commission may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the commission a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any advertising medium;
(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement used by the person;
(4) restricts the person's advertisement under an assumed or trade name that is authorized by a law of this state and registered with the commission; or
(5) requires the term "broker," "agent," or a similar designation or term, a reference to the commission, or the person's license number to be included in the person's advertisement.
(b) The commission may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the commission a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any advertising medium;
(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement used by the person;
(4) restricts the person's advertisement under an assumed or trade name that is authorized by a law of this state and registered with the commission; or
(5) requires the term "broker," "agent," or a similar designation or term, a reference to the commission, or the person's license number to be included in the person's advertisement.
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