{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-202.502","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 202.502","heading":"REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION OF LICENSE FOR DRUG-RELATED FELONY CONVICTION.","body":"(a) The commission or executive director shall suspend a person's license after an administrative hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, in which the commission or executive director determines that the license holder has been convicted of a felony under Chapter 481 or 483, Health and Safety Code, or Section 485.033, Health and Safety Code.\n(b) On the person's final conviction, the commission or executive director shall revoke the person's license.\n(c) The department may not reinstate or reissue a license to a person whose license is suspended or revoked under this section except on an express determination based on substantial evidence contained in an investigative report indicating that the reinstatement or reissuance of the license is in the best interests of the public and of the person whose license has been suspended or revoked.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 282 (H.B. 3078), Sec. 48, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 202. PODIATRISTS","SUBCHAPTER K. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AND PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.202.htm#202.502","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"4a659ccc4dc22949dfd994087830898846ef6f6b6cc2e04ec5946763ea61baab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-202.5015","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-202.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}