Tex. Occ. Code § 205.208 · Subchapter E. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
TEMPORARY LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The acupuncture board may, through the executive director, issue a temporary license to practice acupuncture to an applicant who:
(1) submits an application on a form prescribed by the acupuncture board;
(2) has passed a national or other examination recognized by the acupuncture board relating to the practice of acupuncture;
(3) pays the appropriate fee;
(4) if licensed in another state, is in good standing as an acupuncturist; and
(5) meets all the qualifications for a license under this chapter but is waiting for the next scheduled meeting of the medical board for the license to be issued.
(b) A temporary license is valid for 100 days after the date issued and may be extended only for another 30 days after the date the initial temporary license expires.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.205.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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