Texas Occupations Code
§ 264.0525 — CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
OC § 264.0525Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part D. DENTISTRY · Ch. 264. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS · Art. B. INJUNCTION; CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
Statute text
View on source(a)The board may serve a proposed cease and desist order on a person the board believes is engaging or is likely to engage in an activity without a license or registration certificate required by this subtitle. The order must:
(1)be delivered by personal delivery or registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person's last known address;
(2)state the acts or practices alleged to be an unauthorized activity; and
(3)state the effective date of the order, which may not be before the 21st day after the date the proposed order is delivered or mailed.
(b)Unless the person against whom the proposed order is directed requests a hearing in writing before the effective date of the order, the order takes effect and is final and nonappealable as to that person.
(c)A requested hearing on a proposed order shall be held not later than the 30th day after the date the board receives the written request for a hearing unless the parties agree to a later hearing date. A hearing under this subsection is subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 17, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.