Tex. Occ. Code § 453.354 · Subchapter H. DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND PROCEDURE
TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board may temporarily suspend a license issued under this chapter on an emergency basis if the board, by at least a two-thirds vote, determines from the evidence or information presented to the board that the continued practice by the license holder constitutes a continuing or imminent threat to the public health or welfare.
(b) The board may suspend a license under this section without notice or a hearing if, at the time the suspension is ordered, a hearing on whether to institute disciplinary proceedings against the license holder is scheduled to be held not later than the 14th day after the date of the temporary suspension.
(c) The board shall hold a second hearing on the license suspension not later than the 60th day after the date the temporary suspension was ordered. If the second hearing is not held within the required time, the suspended license is automatically reinstated.
(d) The board shall adopt rules that establish procedures and standards for the temporary suspension of a license under this section.
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.453.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 343b70e7ea05632a068cf1a53c99a2dec7e83f7e067acc19751f9dbd89712b2d
- Composed by
- 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
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.