Texas Occupations Code 1953.201 – Denial of Certificate; Disciplinary Action
(a) The commission or executive director may deny a person‘s application for a certificate of registration if:
(1) the person’s certificate or license to engage in a profession in this state or elsewhere has been revoked for unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of the profession; or
(2) satisfactory proof is presented to the commission or executive director establishing that the person has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of a profession.
(b) The commission or executive director may suspend or revoke a certificate of registration if the certificate holder:
(1) practiced fraud or deceit in obtaining the certificate; or
(2) acted in a manner constituting gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of sanitation.
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 1953.201
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005