{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-605.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 605.251","heading":"LICENSE REQUIRED.","body":"A person may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice orthotics or prosthetics, act as an assistant to a person who practices orthotics or prosthetics, or in any way hold the person out as being able to practice orthotics or prosthetics unless the person holds a license under this chapter.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.178, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE K. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO USE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT","CHAPTER 605. ORTHOTISTS AND PROSTHETISTS","SUBCHAPTER F. LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.605.htm#605.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"56c2f619d623b331723f66f50aef92a601f43e5f566536f2eae51df2b61e535b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-605.155","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-605.2515"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}