{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 455.152","heading":"INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE.","body":"Text of section as reenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 95 (S.B. 703), Sec. 1, and Ch. 568 (H.B. 1732), Sec. 1\nFor text of section as reenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 1778), Sec. 2.10, and Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 15.001, see other Sec. 455.152\nA person is not eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for:\n(1) an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, or Section 21.02, 21.09, 21.11, 21.12, 21.15, 21.16, 21.165, 21.18, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, 25.02, 43.021, 43.03, 43.031, 43.04, 43.041, 43.05, 43.25, 43.26, or 43.262, Penal Code;\n(2) criminal attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation under Section 15.01, 15.02, or 15.03, Penal Code, if the intended offense is an offense described by Subdivision (1); or\n(3) an offense under federal law or the laws of another state containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense described by Subdivision (1) or (2).\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 4007), Sec. 6.006, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 1865), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 13 (S.B. 483), Sec. 2, eff. May 13, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (H.B. 2016), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.\nReenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 95 (S.B. 703), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.\nReenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 568 (H.B. 1732), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE H. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF THERAPY","CHAPTER 455. MASSAGE THERAPY","SUBCHAPTER D. LICENSING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.455.htm#455.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"b8d50a53fb1e3c17d0f850731f0132c5e4b7e310f7182aafb060a18352f451b9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-455.152-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}