Tex. Occupations Code § 151.003
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 151.003, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 151.003. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
Official statutory text
The legislature finds that:
(1) the practice of medicine is a privilege and not a natural right of individuals and as a matter of public policy it is necessary to protect the public interest through enactment of this subtitle to regulate the granting of that privilege and its subsequent use and control; and
(2) the board should remain the primary means of licensing, regulating, and disciplining physicians.
(1) the practice of medicine is a privilege and not a natural right of individuals and as a matter of public policy it is necessary to protect the public interest through enactment of this subtitle to regulate the granting of that privilege and its subsequent use and control; and
(2) the board should remain the primary means of licensing, regulating, and disciplining physicians.
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