Texas Occupations Code

§ 205.104 — RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING

OC § 205.104Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES · Ch. 205. ACUPUNCTURE · Art. C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF ACUPUNCTURE BOARD AND MEDICAL BOARD

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(a)The medical board may not adopt rules under this chapter restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

(b)In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the medical board may not include a rule that:

(1)restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

(2)restricts the use of a license holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;

(3)relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license holder; or

(4)restricts the license holder's advertisement under a trade name.

Legislative history

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