Tex. Occ. Code § 201.606 · Subchapter M. OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
CRIMINAL PENALTY: PROVIDING CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT OR SERVICES WHILE INTOXICATED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.01, Penal Code.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person is licensed or regulated under this chapter, provides chiropractic treatment or services to a patient while intoxicated, and, by reason of that conduct, places the patient at a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm.
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
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History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1020 (H.B. 972), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2005.
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