Tex. Occ. Code § 164.055 · Subchapter B. LICENSE DENIAL AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS
PROHIBITED ACTS REGARDING ABORTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall take an appropriate disciplinary action against a physician who violates Section 170.002 or Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code. The board shall refuse to admit to examination or refuse to issue a license or renewal license to a person who violates that section or chapter.
(b) The sanctions provided by Subsection (a) are in addition to any other grounds for refusal to admit persons to examination under this subtitle or to issue a license or renew a license to practice medicine under this subtitle. The criminal penalties provided by Section 165.152 do not apply to a violation of Section 170.002, Health and Safety Code, or Subchapter C, F, or G, Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the board may not take disciplinary action against a physician who exercised reasonable medical judgment in providing medical treatment to a pregnant woman as described by Section 170A.002, Health and Safety Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (H.B. 15), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 7, eff. October 29, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 (H.B. 3058), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 31), Sec. 12, eff. June 20, 2025.
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.164.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 170.002PROHIBITED ACTS; EXEMPTION.Printed as Section 170.002, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 170A.002PROHIBITED ABORTION; EXCEPTIONS.Printed as Section 170A.002, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 171ABORTIONPrinted as Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code
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