Texas Occupations Code

§ 205.356 — REHABILITATION ORDER

OC § 205.356Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES · Ch. 205. ACUPUNCTURE · Art. H. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

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(a)The acupuncture board, through an agreed order or after a contested proceeding, may impose a nondisciplinary rehabilitation order on an applicant, as a prerequisite for issuing a license, or on a license holder based on:

(1)the person's intemperate use of drugs or alcohol directly resulting from habituation or addiction caused by medical care or treatment provided by a physician;

(2)the person's intemperate use of drugs or alcohol during the five years preceding the date of the report that could adversely affect the person's ability to safely practice as an acupuncturist, if the person:

(A)reported the use;

(B)has not previously been the subject of a substance abuse related order of the acupuncture board; and

(C)did not violate the standard of care as a result of the impairment;

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 3.25, eff. September 1, 2005.