Texas Occupations Code
§ 501.003 — DEFINITION: PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY
OC § 501.003Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part I. REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING · Ch. 501. PSYCHOLOGISTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this chapter:
(1)"Practice of psychology" means:
(A)the observation, description, diagnosis, evaluation, assessment, interpretation, or treatment of and intervention in human behavior by applying education, training, methods, and procedures for the purpose of:
(i)preventing, predicting, treating, remediating, or eliminating:
(a)symptomatic, maladaptive, or undesired behavior;
(b)emotional, interpersonal, learning, substance use, neuropsychological, cognitive, or behavioral disorders or disabilities, including those that accompany medical problems; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1101 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.