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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.0505

RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Known as the Emergency Health Care Act

The act spans §§ 773–773 (116 sections).

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 19.03, eff

(a) The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license or certificate holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.

(b) In rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the executive commissioner may not include a rule that:

(1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising;

(2) restricts the use of a license or certificate holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license or certificate holder; or

(4) restricts the license or certificate holder's advertisement under a trade name.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.