Tex. Occ. Code § 504.1525 · Subchapter D. LICENSE AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR LICENSE, REGISTRATION, OR CERTIFICATION REFUSAL; EXCEPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department may not issue a license, registration, or certification under this chapter to an applicant who has been:
(1) convicted or placed on community supervision during the three years preceding the date of application in any jurisdiction for an offense equal to a Class B misdemeanor specified by department rule;
(2) convicted or placed on community supervision in any jurisdiction for an offense equal to or greater than a Class A misdemeanor specified by department rule; or
(3) found to be incapacitated by a court on the basis of a mental defect or disease.
(b) The department may issue a license, registration, or certification to a person convicted or placed on community supervision in any jurisdiction for a drug or alcohol offense described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) if the department determines that the applicant has successfully completed participation in an approved peer assistance program.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to an applicant who has, with respect to Subsection (a)(1) or (2), received a full pardon based on the person's wrongful conviction or, with respect to Subsection (a)(3), been found by a court to no longer be incapacitated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1107, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1373 (S.B. 155), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 564 (H.B. 3145), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.111, eff. April 2, 2015.
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.504.htm
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 504.1525. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 504.2025CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL TO RENEW LICENSE, REGISTRATION, OR CERTIFICATION.Printed as Section 504.1525 | Section 504.1525(b)
- Tex. Occ. Code § 504.2525SUMMARY LICENSE, REGISTRATION, OR CERTIFICATION SUSPENSION.Printed as Section 504.1525
- Tex. Occ. Code § 504.255APPEAL OF CERTAIN DENIALS, REFUSALS TO RENEW, AND SUSPENSIONS.Printed as Section 504.1525
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