Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.273 · Subchapter L. DEVICE DISTRIBUTORS AND MANUFACTURERS
EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person is exempt from licensing under this subchapter if the person engages only in the following types of device distribution:
(1) intracompany sales;
(2) distribution from a place of business located outside of this state; or
(3) the sale, purchase, or trade of a distressed or reconditioned device by a salvage broker or a salvage operator licensed under Chapter 432 (Texas Food, Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Salvage Act).
(a-1) A person is exempt from licensing under this subchapter if the person holds a registration certificate issued under Chapter 266, Occupations Code, and engages only in conduct within the scope of that registration.
(b) An exemption from the licensing requirements under this section does not constitute an exemption from the other provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted by the executive commissioner to administer and enforce this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 440, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1047, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 302 (H.B. 1395), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0998, eff. April 2, 2015.
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