{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-202.605","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 202.605","heading":"GENERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY: PRACTICING WITHOUT LICENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person professes to be a podiatrist or practices or assumes the duties incident to the practice of podiatry without holding a license to practice podiatry.\n(b) An offense under this section is punishable by:\n(1) a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500;\n(2) confinement in the county jail for not less than 30 days or more than six months; or\n(3) both the fine and confinement.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 202. PODIATRISTS","SUBCHAPTER M. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.202.htm#202.605","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"477751502aee73b95429e201f3b1666dbb4f3c396919dabf29c8c22d0f26cde8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-202.604","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-202.606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}