{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-702.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 702.202","heading":"QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXEMPTION.","body":"A certificate holder may apply for an exemption under Section 702.201 if:\n(1) the certificate holder does not require, or solicit or offer a plan or program that requires, a health spa consumer to:\n(A) execute a membership contract for a term that exceeds 31 days;\n(B) execute a note or retail installment contract;\n(C) authorize a draw or other recurring debit on a financial institution in favor of the certificate holder or the certificate holder's assignee;\n(D) pay an initiation fee or other fee, not including monthly dues; or\n(E) prepay for a term that exceeds 31 days; or\n(2) the certificate holder submits a sworn statement every three years with the secretary of state stating that the certificate holder:\n(A) has assets based on net book value that exceed $50,000 per registered location;\n(B) has operated under substantially the same ownership or management for at least five years; and\n(C) has not been the subject of a complaint relating to the closing of a health spa owned by the certificate holder or the failure of a health spa owned by the certificate holder to open that has been initiated or filed by a member of the health spa with a governmental authority in this state.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 908 (H.B. 135), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE M. REGULATION OF OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS","CHAPTER 702. HEALTH SPAS","SUBCHAPTER E. EXEMPTION FROM SECURITY REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.702.htm#702.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"cce38d1d02f3f46e0cdcb4d9118bd49e31cf67f7f943f8452a45e72f2e016b65","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-702.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-702.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}