Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.259
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.259, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1301.259. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
Official statutory text
(a) The board and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to improve services and coordinate the functions of each agency.
(b) The memorandum of understanding must:
(1) require each agency to share:
(A) information technology to support the regulation and enforcement of occupational licenses; and
(B) information on regulatory practices for licensed occupations, including policy issues that affect the regulation of licensed occupations, standardization of complaint and enforcement techniques, and model licensing techniques;
(2) authorize enforcement officers from each agency to check licenses, registrations, or endorsements held by persons practicing occupations regulated by the other agency and report noncompliance to that agency; and
(3) state the circumstances when a joint investigation between the board and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is appropriate.
(b) The memorandum of understanding must:
(1) require each agency to share:
(A) information technology to support the regulation and enforcement of occupational licenses; and
(B) information on regulatory practices for licensed occupations, including policy issues that affect the regulation of licensed occupations, standardization of complaint and enforcement techniques, and model licensing techniques;
(2) authorize enforcement officers from each agency to check licenses, registrations, or endorsements held by persons practicing occupations regulated by the other agency and report noncompliance to that agency; and
(3) state the circumstances when a joint investigation between the board and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is appropriate.
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