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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
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Subtitle C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES |
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Chapter 202. PODIATRISTS |
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Subchapter H. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER |
Sec. 202.352. BOARD APPROVAL OF NAMES UNDER WHICH PODIATRIST MAY PRACTICE
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(a) The board may adopt rules establishing standards or guidelines for the name, including a trade name or assumed name, under which a podiatrist may conduct a practice in this state. In its rules, the board may also establish procedures to review and make determinations approving or disapproving a specific name submitted to the board by one or more podiatrists desiring to practice under a particular name.
(b) The authority granted to the board by this section includes any form of business organization under which a podiatrist conducts a practice, including:
(1) a sole proprietorship;
(2) an association;
(3) a partnership;
(4) a professional corporation;
(5) a clinic;
(6) a health maintenance organization; and
(7) a group practice with a practitioner of another branch of the healing art.
(c) A podiatrist may not practice podiatry in this state under any name, including a trade name or assumed name, unless the name is in compliance with the applicable rules adopted or determinations made under this section.