{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-143.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 143.006","heading":"HOMEWORKER'S CERTIFICATE APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE; TERM.","body":"(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.\n(b) The application must be accompanied by a fee in an amount set by the board, but not to exceed 50 cents.\n(c) A homeworker's certificate is valid for one year from the date of issuance.\n(d) The board may not issue a homeworker's certificate to a person who:\n(1) is younger than 15 years of age;\n(2) suffers from a communicable disease; or\n(3) lives in a home that is not clean, sanitary, and free from communicable diseases.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION","CHAPTER 143. INDUSTRIAL HOMEWORK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.143.htm#143.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"6bd261b4fab44ba162e1fd8878cce06cf0a6cc8e20c94efee79aacf2e309e0fc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-143.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-143.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}