{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-6001.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 6001.251","heading":"PROHIBITED PRACTICES.","body":"(a) An individual or firm may not:\n(1) engage in the business of installing or servicing portable fire extinguishers without holding a registration certificate;\n(2) engage in the business of planning, certifying, installing, or servicing fixed fire extinguisher systems without holding a registration certificate;\n(3) install, service, or certify the servicing of portable fire extinguishers or plan, certify, service, or install fixed fire extinguisher systems without holding a license;\n(4) perform hydrostatic testing of fire extinguisher cylinders manufactured in accordance with the specifications and requirements of the United States Department of Transportation without holding a hydrostatic testing registration certificate;\n(5) obtain or attempt to obtain a registration certificate or license by fraudulent representation;\n(6) install or service portable fire extinguishers or plan, certify, service, or install fixed fire extinguisher systems in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted and administered under this chapter;\n(7) except as provided by Subsection (b), install, service, or hydrostatically test a fire extinguisher that does not have the proper identifying labels;\n(8) sell, install, service, or recharge a carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher; or\n(9) except as provided by Subsection (b), lease, sell, service, or install a portable fire extinguisher, a fixed fire extinguisher system, or extinguisher equipment unless it carries an approval label or listing label issued by a testing laboratory approved by the department.\n(b) The commissioner by rule shall permit an individual or firm to service a portable fire extinguisher regardless of whether the extinguisher carries a label described by Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 1J.001, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 20. REGULATION OF OTHER OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 6001. FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE AND INSTALLATION","SUBCHAPTER F. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.6001.htm#6001.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"9de5ed27ed35caa1a4088deedbd0c14ea99c91b8f94fa62c77bf271a88ed551e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-6001.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-6001.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}