Tex. Occupations Code § 53.0232
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 53.0232, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 53.0232. LIMITATION REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN ARRESTS.
Official statutory text
For purposes of determining a person's fitness to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the licensed occupation, a licensing authority may not consider an arrest that did not result in the person's conviction or placement on deferred adjudication community supervision.
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