{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-801.506","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 801.506","heading":"PROHIBITED PRACTICES RELATING TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.","body":"(a) A sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation may not engage in veterinary medicine unless the owner, each partner, or each shareholder, as appropriate, holds a license to practice veterinary medicine issued under this chapter.\n(b) A corporation, organization, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or other legal entity not owned exclusively by one or more persons licensed to practice veterinary medicine under this chapter may not engage in veterinary medicine.\n(c) A veterinarian may not form or continue a partnership with a member of another profession or a person who is not a member of a profession if a part of the partnership employment consists of the practice of veterinary medicine.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.421(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (H.B. 414), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 4. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO ANIMALS","CHAPTER 801. VETERINARIANS","SUBCHAPTER K. OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.801.htm#801.506","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"47a61c4c3f0205a810a0b848f98a20e2d8a80ee64ad37a9a4ea34f1690b9c1aa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-801.504","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-801.507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}