Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Occupations Code § 1953.201: DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE; DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

(a) The commission or executive director may deny a person's application for a certificate of registration if:
(1) the person's certificate or license to engage in a profession in this state or elsewhere has been revoked for unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of the profession; or
(2) satisfactory proof is presented to the commission or executive director establishing that the person has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of a profession.
(b) The commission or executive director may suspend or revoke a certificate of registration if the certificate holder:
(1) practiced fraud or deceit in obtaining the certificate; or
(2) acted in a manner constituting gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of sanitation.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.246, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.276, eff. September 1, 2017.

Where this section sits in the code

OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 12. PRACTICES AND TRADES RELATED TO WATER, HEALTH, AND SAFETY
SUBTITLE B. PRACTICES RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 1953. SANITARIANS
SUBCHAPTER E. CERTIFICATE DENIAL AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

(a) The commission or executive director may deny a person's application for a certificate of registration if:

(1) the person's certificate or license to engage in a profession in this state or elsewhere has been revoked for unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of the profession; or

(2) satisfactory proof is presented to the commission or executive director establishing that the person has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of a profession.

(b) The commission or executive director may suspend or revoke a certificate of registration if the certificate holder:

(1) practiced fraud or deceit in obtaining the certificate; or

(2) acted in a manner constituting gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of sanitation.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.246, eff. April 2, 2015.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.276, eff. September 1, 2017.

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