{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.0126","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 146.0126","heading":"TONGUE SPLITTING PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) For purposes of this section, \"tongue splitting\" means cutting a human tongue into two or more parts.\n(b) A person may not perform tongue splitting.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1226, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION","CHAPTER 146. TATTOO AND CERTAIN BODY PIERCING STUDIOS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.146.htm#146.0126","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"03226927f17cd9f1208a47eb58b18c0ecdbc9b48e3411ca2c5532a1d6c53138f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.0125","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-146.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}