Tex. Occupations Code § 505.360
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 505.360, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 505.360. PROFESSIONAL IDENTIFICATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A license holder shall use an identification provided by this section:
(1) in the professional use of the license holder's name; and
(2) in connection with any sign, directory, contract, document, pamphlet, stationery, advertisement, signature, or other means of written professional identification.
(b) A licensed master social worker shall use the identification "licensed master social worker" or the initials "LMSW."
(c) A licensed baccalaureate social worker shall use the identification "licensed baccalaureate social worker" or the initials "LBSW."
(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 892, Sec. 37.
(e) A licensed clinical social worker shall use the identification "licensed clinical social worker" or the initials "LCSW."
(1) in the professional use of the license holder's name; and
(2) in connection with any sign, directory, contract, document, pamphlet, stationery, advertisement, signature, or other means of written professional identification.
(b) A licensed master social worker shall use the identification "licensed master social worker" or the initials "LMSW."
(c) A licensed baccalaureate social worker shall use the identification "licensed baccalaureate social worker" or the initials "LBSW."
(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 892, Sec. 37.
(e) A licensed clinical social worker shall use the identification "licensed clinical social worker" or the initials "LCSW."
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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