Tex. Occ. Code § 301.657 · Subchapter N. CORRECTIVE ACTION PROCEEDING AND DEFERRED ACTION
EFFECT ON ACCEPTANCE OF CORRECTIVE OR DEFERRED ACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except to the extent provided by this section, a person's acceptance of a corrective or deferred action under this subchapter does not constitute an admission of a violation but does constitute a plea of nolo contendere.
(b) The board may treat a person's acceptance of corrective or deferred action as an admission of a violation if the board imposes a sanction on the person for a subsequent violation of this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter.
(c) The board may consider a corrective or deferred action taken against a person to be a prior disciplinary action under this chapter when imposing a sanction on the person for a subsequent violation of this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 144 (S.B. 1415), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1189 (S.B. 1058), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2013.
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.301.htm
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