{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-102.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 102.051","heading":"SOLICITING PATIENTS; OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(1) practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine; and\n(2) employs or agrees to employ, pays or promises to pay, or rewards or promises to reward or provide any benefit or commission to another for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage.\n(b) A person commits an offense if the person accepts or agrees to accept anything of value or any benefit or commission for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage for a person who practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine.\n(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200. Each violation of this section is a separate offense.\n(d) For purposes of this section, a person who practices the art of healing includes a masseur and an optometrist.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 527 (H.B. 4454), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE A. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS GENERALLY","CHAPTER 102. SOLICITATION OF PATIENTS","SUBCHAPTER B. HEALING ARTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.102.htm#102.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"65845f9b77fdd2ef59be9626f9489239bb792d4215388e35d8e52773b3ffbf3b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-102.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-102.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}