Texas Occupations Code 602.251 – Grounds for License Denial or Disciplinary Action
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 602.251
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
The medical board may refuse to issue or renew a license, suspend, restrict, or revoke a license, or reprimand a license holder for:
(1) obtaining or renewing a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or concealment of a material fact;
(2) having previously applied for or held a license issued by the licensing authority of another state, territory, or jurisdiction that was denied, suspended, or revoked by that licensing authority;
(3) engaging in unprofessional conduct that endangered or is likely to endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the public as defined by medical board rule;
(4) violating this chapter, a lawful order or rule of the medical board, or the medical board’s code of ethics; or
(5) being convicted of:
(A) a felony; or
(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or that directly relates to the person‘s duties as a licensed medical physicist.