A person, partnership, trust, association, or corporation commits an offense if the person, partnership, trust, association, or corporation, through the use of any letters, words, or terms affixed on stationery or on advertisements, or in any other manner, indicates that the person, partnership, trust, association, or corporation is entitled to practice medicine if the person, partnership, trust, association, or corporation is not licensed to do so.
Tex. Occ. Code § 165.156
MISREPRESENTATION REGARDING ENTITLEMENT TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
Known as the Medical Practice Act
The act spans §§ 151–172 (375 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Emergency Consultants, Inc. (2007)
Most recently applied in United States ex rel. Parikh v. Citizens Medical Center (September 2013)
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.