Texas Occupations Code 201.502 – Grounds for Refusal, Revocation, or Suspension of License
(a) The board may refuse to admit a person to examinations and may revoke or suspend a license or place a license holder on probation for a period determined by the board for:
(1) violating this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, including committing an act prohibited under § 201.5025;
(2) engaging in deception or fraud in the practice of chiropractic;
(3) presenting to the board or using a license, certificate, or diploma or a transcript of a license, certificate, or diploma that was illegally or fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered;
(4) presenting to the board an untrue statement or a document or testimony that was illegally used to pass the examination;
(5) being convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony;
(6) procuring or assisting in the procuring of an abortion;
(7) engaging in grossly unprofessional conduct or dishonorable conduct of a character likely to deceive or defraud the public;
(8) having a habit of intemperance or drug addiction or another habit that, in the opinion of the board, endangers the life of a patient;
(9) using an advertising statement that is false or that tends to mislead or deceive the public;
(10) directly or indirectly employing or associating with a person who, in the course of the person’s employment, commits an act constituting the practice of chiropractic when the person is not licensed to practice chiropractic;
(11) advertising professional superiority, or advertising the performance of professional services in a superior manner, if that advertising is not readily subject to verification;
(12) purchasing, selling, bartering, using, or offering to purchase, sell, barter, or use a chiropractic degree, license, certificate, or diploma or transcript of a license, certificate, or diploma in or relating to an application to the board for a license to practice chiropractic;
(13) altering with fraudulent intent a chiropractic license, certificate, or diploma or transcript of a chiropractic license, certificate, or diploma;
(14) impersonating or acting as proxy for another in an examination required by this chapter for a chiropractic license;
(15) impersonating a licensed chiropractor;
(16) allowing one’s chiropractic license to be used by another person to practice chiropractic;
(17) being proved insane by a person having authority to make that determination;
(18) failing to use proper diligence in the practice of chiropractic or using gross inefficiency in the practice of chiropractic;
(19) failing to clearly differentiate a chiropractic office or clinic from another business or enterprise;
(20) personally soliciting a patient or causing a patient to be solicited by the use of a case history of another patient of another chiropractor;
(21) using for the purpose of soliciting patients an accident report prepared by a peace officer in a manner prohibited by § 38.12, Penal Code;
(22) advertising using the term “physician” or “chiropractic physician” or any combination or derivation of the term “physician”; or
(23) failing to submit fingerprints to the board or Department of Public Safety to enable the board to obtain criminal history record information as required by § 201.313.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(22), the term “chiropractic physician” may be used for the express purpose of filing a claim for necessary services within the definition of chiropractic under this chapter if the billing for the services has universally applied, predetermined coding or description requirements that are a prerequisite to appropriate reimbursement.
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 201.502
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(c) The board may refuse to admit a person to an examination and may revoke or suspend a license or place a license holder on probation for a period determined by the board because of the person’s or license holder’s violation of a law of this state, other than this chapter, or a rule of another licensing board in this state, or of a statute or rule of another state as determined through a search conducted as provided by § 201.314, if the violation constitutes a violation of the laws of this state or a board rule.