Tex. Occupations Code § 51.204
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 51.204, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 51.204. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b) The commission may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a license holder a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any advertising medium;
(2) restricts the license holder's personal appearance or the use of the license holder's voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement; or
(4) restricts the use of a trade name in advertising.
(b) The commission may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a license holder a rule that:
(1) restricts the use of any advertising medium;
(2) restricts the license holder's personal appearance or the use of the license holder's voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement; or
(4) restricts the use of a trade name in advertising.
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