Tex. Occupations Code § 58.051
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 58.051, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 58.051. CERTAIN USES OF GENETIC INFORMATION PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
A licensing authority may not deny an application for an occupational license, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew an occupational license, or take any other disciplinary action against a license holder based on the refusal of the license applicant or license holder to:
(1) submit to a genetic test;
(2) submit a family health history;
(3) disclose whether the applicant or holder has submitted to a genetic test; or
(4) disclose the results of any genetic test to which the applicant or holder has submitted.
(1) submit to a genetic test;
(2) submit a family health history;
(3) disclose whether the applicant or holder has submitted to a genetic test; or
(4) disclose the results of any genetic test to which the applicant or holder has submitted.
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