Tex. Occ. Code § 453.351 · Subchapter H. DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND PROCEDURE
GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OF LICENSE OR DISCIPLINE OF LICENSE HOLDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may deny a license or suspend or revoke a license, place a license holder on probation, reprimand a license holder, impose an administrative penalty, or otherwise discipline a license holder if the applicant or license holder has:
(1) except as provided by Section 453.302, provided care to a person outside the scope of the physical therapist's practice;
(2) used drugs or intoxicating liquors to an extent that affects the license holder's or applicant's professional competence;
(3) been convicted of a felony, including a finding or verdict of guilty, an admission of guilt, or a plea of nolo contendere, in this state or in any other state or nation;
(4) obtained or attempted to obtain a license by fraud or deception;
(5) been grossly negligent in the practice of physical therapy or in acting as a physical therapist assistant;
(6) been found to be mentally incompetent by a court;
(7) practiced physical therapy in a manner detrimental to the public health and welfare;
(8) had a license to practice physical therapy revoked or suspended or had other disciplinary action taken against the license holder or applicant;
(9) had the license holder's or applicant's application for a license refused, revoked, or suspended by the proper licensing authority of another state or nation; or
(10) in the case of a physical therapist assistant, treated a person other than under the direction of a physical therapist.
(b) The board shall revoke or suspend a license, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or reprimand a license holder for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted by the board.
(c) If a license suspension is probated, the board may require the license holder to:
(1) report regularly to the board on matters that are the basis of the probation;
(2) limit practice to the areas prescribed by the board; or
(3) continue or review continuing professional education until the license holder attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the board in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (H.B. 29), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
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.453.htm
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