Tex. Occ. Code § 168.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EXEMPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a medical or dental school or an outpatient clinic associated with a medical or dental school;
(2) a hospital, including any outpatient facility or clinic of a hospital;
(3) a hospice established under 40 T.A.C. Section 97.403 or defined by 42 C.F.R. Section 418.3;
(4) a facility maintained or operated by this state;
(5) a clinic maintained or operated by the United States;
(6) a health organization certified by the board under Section 162.001; or
(7) a clinic owned or operated by a physician who treats patients within the physician's area of specialty and who personally uses other forms of treatment, including surgery, with the issuance of a prescription for a majority of the patients.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Redesignated from Occupations Code, Chapter 167 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 27.001(45), eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (H.B. 1803), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1167 (H.B. 3285), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.168.htm
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