{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 151.053","heading":"APPLICATION TO CERTAIN PERSONS PROVIDING NUTRITIONAL ADVICE.","body":"(a) This subtitle does not prohibit a person from giving advice regarding the use and role of food and food ingredients, including dietary supplements.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not authorize a person to:\n(1) practice medicine; or\n(2) state, in violation of law, that a product might cure a disease, disorder, or condition.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 151. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBTITLE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.151.htm#151.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"b97fdac174abf1ab2fa93c50579418661a3e9374799baa020977aff7a601df55","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.0521","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}