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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 9. SAFETY |
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Subtitle B. EMERGENCIES |
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Chapter 773. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES |
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Subchapter C. LICENSES, CERTIFICATION, AND QUALIFICATIONS |
Sec. 773.041. LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE REQUIRED
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(a) A person may not operate, conduct, or maintain an emergency medical service, advertise that the person is an emergency medical services provider, or otherwise engage in or profess to be engaged in the provision of emergency medical services unless the person holds a license as an emergency medical services provider issued by the department in accordance with this chapter.
(a-1) A person may not transport a patient by stretcher in a vehicle unless the person holds a license as an emergency medical services provider issued by the department in accordance with this chapter. For purposes of this subsection, "person" means an individual, corporation, organization, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business, trust, partnership, association, or any other legal entity.
(b) A person may not practice as any type of emergency medical services personnel unless the person is certified under this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
(c) A certificate or license issued under this chapter is not transferable.