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Tex. Occ. Code § 702.202

QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXEMPTION

Known as the Health Spa Act

The act spans §§ 702–702 (65 sections).

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff

A certificate holder may apply for an exemption under Section 702.201 if:

(1) the certificate holder does not require, or solicit or offer a plan or program that requires, a health spa consumer to:

(A) execute a membership contract for a term that exceeds 31 days;

(B) execute a note or retail installment contract;

(C) authorize a draw or other recurring debit on a financial institution in favor of the certificate holder or the certificate holder's assignee;

(D) pay an initiation fee or other fee, not including monthly dues; or

(E) prepay for a term that exceeds 31 days; or

(2) the certificate holder submits a sworn statement every three years with the secretary of state stating that the certificate holder:

(A) has assets based on net book value that exceed $50,000 per registered location;

(B) has operated under substantially the same ownership or management for at least five years; and

(C) has not been the subject of a complaint relating to the closing of a health spa owned by the certificate holder or the failure of a health spa owned by the certificate holder to open that has been initiated or filed by a member of the health spa with a governmental authority in this state.

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