Tex. Occupations Code § 504.156
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 504.156, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 504.156. LICENSE EXAMINATION.
Official statutory text
(a) At least twice each year, the department may prepare and administer or contract with an organization approved by the International Certification Reciprocity Consortium to prepare and administer an examination to determine the qualifications of an applicant for a license under this chapter. The examination shall be conducted as determined by the department and in a manner that is fair and impartial to and takes into consideration each school or system of chemical dependency counseling.
(b) An examiner may know an applicant only by number until after the examination has been graded and the licenses have been granted or denied.
(c) The scope and content of the examination must be sufficient to ensure professional competence in keeping with the highest standards of the chemical dependency counseling profession.
(b) An examiner may know an applicant only by number until after the examination has been graded and the licenses have been granted or denied.
(c) The scope and content of the examination must be sufficient to ensure professional competence in keeping with the highest standards of the chemical dependency counseling profession.
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