Section 102.051. Soliciting Patients; Offense

TX Occ Code § 102.051 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 102.051. SOLICITING PATIENTS; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine; and

(2) employs or agrees to employ, pays or promises to pay, or rewards or promises to reward another for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person accepts or agrees to accept anything of value for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage for a person who practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine.

(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200. Each violation of this section is a separate offense.

(d) For purposes of this section, a person who practices the art of healing includes a masseur and an optometrist.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.