{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-503.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 503.056","heading":"COUNSELING FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR CHARITY.","body":"This chapter does not apply to an activity, service, title, or description of a person who is employed as a professional by or who volunteers in the practice of counseling for a public or private nonprofit organization or charity if the person:\n(1) is accountable to the person's sponsoring organization; and\n(2) does not use the title or hold the person out to be a licensed counselor.\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 503. LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.503.htm#503.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"f7457802ed459eafff907b3456a3ef2812dbf23465b42de74a8b776117acb0e6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-503.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-503.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}