Texas Occupations Code
§ 301.4535 — REQUIRED SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR REFUSAL OF LICENSE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES
OC § 301.4535Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part E. REGULATION OF NURSING · Ch. 301. NURSES · Art. J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The board shall suspend a nurse's license or refuse to issue a license to an applicant on proof that the nurse or applicant has been initially convicted of:
(1)murder under Section 19.02, Penal Code, capital murder under Section 19.03, Penal Code, or manslaughter under Section 19.04, Penal Code;
(2)kidnapping or unlawful restraint under Chapter 20, Penal Code, and the offense was punished as a felony or state jail felony;
(3)sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code;
(4)aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, Penal Code;
(5)continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual under Section 21.02, Penal Code, or indecency with a child under Section 21.11, Penal Code;
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 8), Sec. 3.46, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 999 (H.B. 3961), Sec. 12, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 96 (S.B. 743), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 221 (H.B. 375), Sec. 2.25, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 830 (H.B. 2187), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2023.