Tex. Occupations Code § 453.006
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 453.006, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 453.006. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
Official statutory text
(a) A person may not engage in diagnosing diseases or in practicing medicine as defined by law on the basis of a license issued under this chapter.
(b) A person may not use an affix indicating or implying that the person is a physician on the basis of a license issued under this chapter.
(b) A person may not use an affix indicating or implying that the person is a physician on the basis of a license issued under this chapter.
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