Texas Occupations Code
§ 254.013 — PEACE OFFICERS
OC § 254.013Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part D. DENTISTRY · Ch. 254. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)The board may commission as a peace officer to enforce this subtitle an employee who has been certified as qualified to be a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
(b)An employee commissioned as a peace officer under this subtitle has the powers, privileges, and immunities of a peace officer while carrying out duties as a peace officer under this subtitle. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2003. Amended by:
Legislative history
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.56, eff. May 18, 2013.