{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-502.454","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 502.454","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person required to hold a license under this chapter commits an offense if the person knowingly acts as a marriage and family therapist without holding a license issued under this chapter.\n(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class B misdemeanor.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE I. REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING","CHAPTER 502. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS","SUBCHAPTER J. CRIMINAL PENALTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.502.htm#502.454","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"f319641e1bf53aa23a7b02eb6146e293fb24bf164d3de30783d76a2c4035d144","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-502.358","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-503.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}