Sec. 1953.201. DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE; DISCIPLINARY ACTION  


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  • (a) The board 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    (1) the person's certificate or license to engage in a profession in this state or elsewhere has been revoked for unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of the profession; or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 board establishing that the person has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of a profession.

    (b) The board 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.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.