Tex. Occ. Code § 1002.402 · Subchapter I. LICENSE DENIAL AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The board may impose appropriate sanctions for:
(1) the practice of fraud or deceit in obtaining a license as a geoscientist;
(2) incompetence, misconduct, fraud, gross negligence, or repeated incidents of negligence in the public practice of geoscience;
(3) conviction of a license holder of a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony;
(4) the imposition of an administrative or civil penalty or a criminal fine, or imprisonment or probation instead of a fine, for a misdemeanor relating to or arising out of the public practice of geoscience;
(5) the issuance of a cease and desist order or a similar sanction relating to or arising out of the public practice of geoscience;
(6) using the seal of another license holder or using or allowing the use of the license holder's seal on geoscientific work not performed by or under the supervision of the license holder;
(7) aiding or abetting a person in a violation of this chapter;
(8) the revocation or suspension of a license, the denial of renewal of a license, or other disciplinary action taken by a state agency, board of registration, or similar licensing agency for geoscientists or a profession or occupation related to the public practice of geoscience;
(9) practicing or offering to practice geoscience or representing to the public that the person or the person's firm or corporation is licensed or qualified to practice geoscience if the person is not licensed under this chapter or the person's firm or corporation does not employ a licensed geoscientist as required under this chapter; or
(10) violating this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, including the code of professional conduct, or a comparable provision of the laws or rules regulating the practice of geoscience in another state or country.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.004(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1002.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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