Texas Occupations Code

§ 351.501 — DENIAL OF LICENSE AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY BOARD

OC § 351.501Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION · Ch. 351. OPTOMETRISTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS · Art. K. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

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(a)The board may refuse to issue a license to an applicant, revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, impose a fine, impose a stipulation, limitation, or condition relating to continued practice, including conditioning continued practice on counseling or additional education, or reprimand a license holder if the board determines that:

(1)the applicant or license holder is guilty of fraud, deceit, dishonesty, or misrepresentation in the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry or in seeking admission to that practice;

(2)the applicant or license holder is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence;

(3)the applicant or license holder has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony;

(4)the applicant or license holder has developed an incapacity that prevents or could prevent the applicant or license holder from practicing optometry or therapeutic optometry with reasonable skill, competence, and safety to the public;

(5)the license holder has directly or indirectly employed, hired, procured, or induced a person to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry in this state without a license;

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 1.018, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2017.