A person may not practice medicine in this state unless the person holds a license issued under this subtitle.
Tex. Occ. Code § 155.001
LICENSE REQUIRED
Known as the Medical Practice Act
The act spans §§ 151–172 (375 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Gregory v. State (2001)
Most recently applied in Columbia Valley Healthcare System, L.P. D/B/A Valley Regional Medical Center v. Maria Zamarripa, as Guardian of the Estates of R.F.R. and R.J.R., Minors (June 2017)
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.