Tex. Occupations Code § 164.0072
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 164.0072, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 164.0072. BOARD APPEAL OF FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW.
Official statutory text
(a) The board may, before disposing of a contested case by issuing a final order, obtain judicial review of any finding of fact or conclusion of law issued by the administrative law judge by filing suit in a Travis County district court not later than the 30th day after the date the findings of fact and conclusions of law are issued.
(b) The board shall join in a suit filed under this section the respondent in the contested case for which the board seeks to obtain judicial review.
(c) The scope of judicial review under this section is the same as the scope of judicial review provided for an appeal under Section 164.009.
(d) After the court issues a final order in a suit filed under this section, the board shall dispose of the contested case by issuing a final order based on the court's final order. The respondent may not appeal a sanction ordered by the board unless the sanction exceeds the board's published sanctions guidelines.
(b) The board shall join in a suit filed under this section the respondent in the contested case for which the board seeks to obtain judicial review.
(c) The scope of judicial review under this section is the same as the scope of judicial review provided for an appeal under Section 164.009.
(d) After the court issues a final order in a suit filed under this section, the board shall dispose of the contested case by issuing a final order based on the court's final order. The respondent may not appeal a sanction ordered by the board unless the sanction exceeds the board's published sanctions guidelines.
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