Sec. 773.0505. RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license or certificate holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

(b) In rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the executive commissioner may not include a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

(2) restricts the use of a license or certificate holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license or certificate holder; or

(4) restricts the license or certificate holder's advertisement under a trade name.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 19.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1528, eff. April 2, 2015.