Tex. Occ. Code § 453.3525 · Subchapter H. DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND PROCEDURE
SCHEDULE OF SANCTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board by rule shall adopt a schedule of administrative penalties and other sanctions that the board may impose under this chapter. In adopting the schedule of sanctions, the board shall ensure that the amount of the penalty or severity of the sanction imposed is appropriate to the type of violation or conduct that is the basis for disciplinary action. In determining the appropriate disciplinary action, including the amount of any administrative penalty to assess, the board shall consider:
(1) the seriousness of the violation, including:
(A) the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation; and
(B) the hazard or potential hazard created to the health, safety, or economic welfare of the public;
(2) the history of previous violations;
(3) the amount necessary to deter future violations;
(4) efforts to correct the violation;
(5) the economic harm to the public interest or public confidence caused by the violation;
(6) whether the violation was intentional; and
(7) any other matter that justice may require.
(b) The board shall make the schedule of sanctions adopted under Subsection (a) available to the public on request.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 535 (S.B. 317), Sec. 2.22, eff. September 1, 2017.
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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