INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE.
Tex. OCC Code § 455.152.
in effectA person is not eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for:
(1) an offense under Chapter 20A , Penal Code, or Section 43.021 , 43.03 , 43.031 , 43.032 , 43.04 , 43.041 , or 43.05 , Penal Code;
(2) an offense under federal law or the laws of another state containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense described by Subdivision (1); or
(3) an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021 , Penal Code.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 1778 ), Sec. 2.10, eff. September 1, 2025, and Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620 ), Sec. 15.001, eff. September 1, 2025.