Texas Occupations Code 165.159 – Practicing Medicine Without Registration
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person practices medicine without complying with the registration requirements imposed by this subtitle.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) constitutes the offense of practicing medicine without a license.
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 165.159
- Person: means an individual, unless the term is expressly made applicable to a partnership, association, or corporation. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
- Practicing medicine: means the diagnosis, treatment, or offer to treat a mental or physical disease or disorder or a physical deformity or injury by any system or method, or the attempt to effect cures of those conditions, by a person who:
(A) publicly professes to be a physician or surgeon; or
(B) directly or indirectly charges money or other compensation for those services. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002