Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 146.0041 — GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL

HS § 146.0041Title 2. HEALTH · Part G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION · Ch. 146. TATTOO AND CERTAIN BODY PIERCING STUDIOS

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(a)The department may refuse to issue an original or renewal tattoo studio or body piercing studio license if it has reasonable grounds to believe and finds that any of the following circumstances exist:

(1)the applicant has been convicted of a violation of this chapter during the two years immediately preceding the filing of the application;

(2)three years have not elapsed since the termination, by pardon or otherwise, of a sentence imposed on the applicant for a conviction associated with tattooing or body piercing;

(3)the applicant violated or caused to be violated a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter involving moral turpitude during the six months immediately preceding the filing of the application;

(4)the applicant failed to answer or falsely or incorrectly answered a question in an original or renewal application;

(5)the applicant is indebted to the state for a fee or penalty imposed by this chapter or by rule adopted under this chapter;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0443, eff. April 2, 2015.