Tex. Health and Safety Code § 143.006: HOMEWORKER'S CERTIFICATE APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE; TERM.

(a) An applicant must apply for a homeworker's certificate in the form prescribed by board rule. Each applicant must present a health certificate or other evidence of good health as required by the board.

(b) The application must be accompanied by a fee in an amount set by the board, but not to exceed 50 cents.

(c) A homeworker's certificate is valid for one year from the date of issuance.

(d) The board may not issue a homeworker's certificate to a person who:

(1) is younger than 15 years of age;

(2) suffers from a communicable disease; or

(3) lives in a home that is not clean, sanitary, and free from communicable diseases.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.