(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person may not engage in the following before the day on which the person is licensed under this chapter:
(a) providing a professional employer service in this state;
(b) advertising that the person provides a professional employer service in this state; or
(c) holding itself out as providing a professional employer service in this state.
(2) A person described in Subsection (1) is subject to this chapter regardless of whether the person uses one of the following terms with or without the term "registered" or "licensed":
(a) "administrative employer";
(b) "employee leasing company";
(c) "professional employer organization";
(d) "PEO";
(e) "staff leasing company"; or
(f) another name.