{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-165.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 165.153","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR ADDITIONAL HARM.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person practices medicine without a license or permit and causes another person:\n(1) physical or psychological harm; or\n(2) financial harm.\n(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the third degree.\n(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail felony.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 165. PENALTIES","SUBCHAPTER D. CRIMINAL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.165.htm#165.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"54cec781ba6a9b67e9ab431faaec69ded4461d0fae093d44b1848dd37441c11e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-165.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-165.1535"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}