{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-205.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 205.003","heading":"EXEMPTION; LIMITATION.","body":"(a) This chapter does not apply to a health care professional licensed under another statute of this state and acting within the scope of the license.\n(b) This chapter does not:\n(1) limit the practice of medicine by a physician;\n(2) permit the unauthorized practice of medicine; or\n(3) permit a person to dispense, administer, or supply a controlled substance, narcotic, or dangerous drug unless the person is authorized by other law to do so.\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 205. ACUPUNCTURE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.205.htm#205.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"2c88483d3a9c79819254b4f8ce069ae362dd48bc78b94106cddb90f278cf12a6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-205.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-205.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}