{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-168.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 168.002","heading":"EXEMPTIONS.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a medical or dental school or an outpatient clinic associated with a medical or dental school;\n(2) a hospital, including any outpatient facility or clinic of a hospital;\n(3) a hospice established under 40 T.A.C. Section 97.403 or defined by 42 C.F.R. Section 418.3;\n(4) a facility maintained or operated by this state;\n(5) a clinic maintained or operated by the United States;\n(6) a health organization certified by the board under Section 162.001; or\n(7) a clinic owned or operated by a physician who treats patients within the physician's area of specialty and who personally uses other forms of treatment, including surgery, with the issuance of a prescription for a majority of the patients.\nRedesignated from Occupations Code, Chapter 167 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 27.001(45), eff. September 1, 2011.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (H.B. 1803), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2014.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1167 (H.B. 3285), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 168. REGULATION OF PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.168.htm#168.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"cab637fe25a0b7435fc6133750b0121f84d7cdf615417bd4a78f6379181c047f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-168.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-168.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}