Texas Occupations Code

§ 202.605 — GENERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY: PRACTICING WITHOUT LICENSE

OC § 202.605Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES · Ch. 202. PODIATRISTS · Art. M. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

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(a)A person commits an offense if the person professes to be a podiatrist or practices or assumes the duties incident to the practice of podiatry without holding a license to practice podiatry.

(b)An offense under this section is punishable by:

(1)a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500;

(2)confinement in the county jail for not less than 30 days or more than six months; or

(3)both the fine and confinement.

Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.