Tex. Occupations Code § 503.056
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 503.056, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 503.056. COUNSELING FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR CHARITY.
Official statutory text
This chapter does not apply to an activity, service, title, or description of a person who is employed as a professional by or who volunteers in the practice of counseling for a public or private nonprofit organization or charity if the person:
(1) is accountable to the person's sponsoring organization; and
(2) does not use the title or hold the person out to be a licensed counselor.
(1) is accountable to the person's sponsoring organization; and
(2) does not use the title or hold the person out to be a licensed counselor.
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