DENIAL OF LICENSE.
Tex. OCC Code § 108.052.
in effectA licensing authority shall deny an application for a license as a health care professional for an applicant who:
(1) is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62 , Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) has been previously convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the commission of a felony offense involving the use or threat of force; or
(3) has been previously convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the commission of an offense:
(A) under Section 22.011 , 22.02 , 22.021 , or 22.04 , Penal Code, or an offense under the laws of another state or federal law that is equivalent to an offense under one of those sections;
(B) committed:
(i) when the applicant held a license as a health care professional in this state or another state; and
(ii) in the course of providing services within the scope of the applicant's license; and
(C) in which the victim of the offense was a patient of the applicant.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 789 (H.B. 1899 ), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2019.