Tex. Occ. Code § 351.608 · Subchapter M. OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If it appears to the board that a person is engaging in an act or practice that constitutes the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry without a license or certificate under this chapter, the board, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, may issue a cease and desist order prohibiting the person from engaging in the activity.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 351.551, the board may impose an administrative penalty under Subchapter L against a person who violates an order issued under this section.
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History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 1.023, eff. September 1, 2005.
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