Tex. Health & Safety Code § 146.0025 · Chapter 146. TATTOO AND CERTAIN BODY PIERCING STUDIOS
EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENTS; EAR PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS EXEMPT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a medical facility licensed under other law;
(2) an office or clinic of a person licensed by the Texas Medical Board;
(3) a person who performs only ear piercing; or
(4) a facility in which only ear piercing is performed.
(b) A person who conducts, operates, or maintains a facility, office, or clinic described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (4) is not required to obtain a license under this chapter to operate that facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0440, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.146.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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