{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-503.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 503.051","heading":"COUNSELING FOR GOVERNMENT OR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.","body":"This chapter does not apply to an activity, service, or use of an official title by a person employed as a counselor by a federal, state, county, or municipal agency or, except as provided by Section 21.003(b), Education Code, by a public or private educational institution if the person is performing counseling or counseling-related activities within the scope of the person's employment.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 443 (S.B. 715), Sec. 40, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE I. REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING","CHAPTER 503. LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.503.htm#503.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"43401cbd9dd44f8fee69bc541ad09aebd3f2f2ea7687b5c5aa4045a45307e25d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-503.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-503.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}