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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 1002.001. Short Title - Sec. 1002.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...
Section 1002.002. Definitions - Sec. 1002.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the...
Section 1002.003. Application of Sunset Act - Sec. 1002.003. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Texas Board of...
Section 1002.004. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1002.004. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) In this section: (1)...
Subchapter B. Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
Section 1002.051. Board Membership - Sec. 1002.051. BOARD MEMBERSHIP. (a) The Texas Board of Professional...
Section 1002.052. Member Eligibility - Sec. 1002.052. MEMBER ELIGIBILITY. (a) A member of the board...
Section 1002.053. Membership and Employee Restrictions - Sec. 1002.053. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS. (a) In this section,...
Section 1002.054. Terms - Sec. 1002.054. TERMS. (a) Members of the board serve staggered...
Section 1002.055. Grounds for Removal - Sec. 1002.055. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground...
Section 1002.056. Reimbursement for Travel Expenses - Sec. 1002.056. REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES. A member of the...
Section 1002.057. Officers - Sec. 1002.057. OFFICERS. (a) The governor shall designate a member...
Section 1002.058. Office - Sec. 1002.058. OFFICE. The board shall maintain its office in...
Section 1002.059. Meetings - Sec. 1002.059. MEETINGS. The board shall hold at least two...
Section 1002.060. Training - Sec. 1002.060. TRAINING. (a) A person who is appointed to...
Subchapter C. Executive Director and Personnel
Section 1002.101. Executive Director - Sec. 1002.101. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The board shall appoint an executive...
Section 1002.102. Receipts and Disbursements - Sec. 1002.102. RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. The executive director shall receive,...
Section 1002.103. Division of Responsibilities - Sec. 1002.103. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. The board shall develop and...
Section 1002.104. Qualifications and Standards of Conduct Information - Sec. 1002.104. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT INFORMATION. The executive...
Section 1002.105. Career Ladder Program; Performance Evaluations - Sec. 1002.105. CAREER LADDER PROGRAM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. (a) The executive...
Section 1002.106. Equal Employment Opportunity Policy - Sec. 1002.106. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY. (a) The executive director...
Subchapter D. Board Powers and Duties
Section 1002.151. General Rulemaking Authority - Sec. 1002.151. GENERAL RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The board shall adopt and...
Section 1002.1511. Negotiated Rulemaking; Alternative Dispute Resolution - Sec. 1002.1511. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) The board...
Section 1002.152. Fees - Sec. 1002.152. FEES. The board may set reasonable and necessary...
Section 1002.153. Code of Professional Conduct - Sec. 1002.153. CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. (a) The board by...
Section 1002.154. Enforcement; Referral of Complaints and Investigations - Sec. 1002.154. ENFORCEMENT; REFERRAL OF COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. (a) The...
Section 1002.155. Recognition of Use of Designations - Sec. 1002.155. RECOGNITION OF USE OF DESIGNATIONS. (a) The board...
Section 1002.156. Establishment of Disciplines - Sec. 1002.156. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISCIPLINES. The board by rule shall...
Section 1002.157. Agreements to Develop Uniform Standards - Sec. 1002.157. AGREEMENTS TO DEVELOP UNIFORM STANDARDS. The board may...
Section 1002.158. Authority to Incur Administrative Expenses - Sec. 1002.158. AUTHORITY TO INCUR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. In administering this...
Section 1002.159. Roster of License Holders - Sec. 1002.159. ROSTER OF LICENSE HOLDERS. (a) The board shall...
Section 1002.160. List of Governmental Entities With Comparable Requirements and With Which Reciprocity Agreements Exist - Sec. 1002.160. LIST OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WITH COMPARABLE REQUIREMENTS AND...
Subchapter E. Public Interest Information and Complaint Procedures
Section 1002.201. Public Interest Information - Sec. 1002.201. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION. (a) The board shall: (1)...
Section 1002.202. Complaints - Sec. 1002.202. COMPLAINTS. (a) A person may file a complaint...
Section 1002.203. Records of Complaints - Sec. 1002.203. RECORDS OF COMPLAINTS. (a) The board shall maintain...
Section 1002.204. Complaint Investigation and Disposition - Sec. 1002.204. COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION AND DISPOSITION. (a) The board shall...
Section 1002.205. Public Participation - Sec. 1002.205. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. The board shall develop and implement...
Section 1002.206. Complaint Education - Sec. 1002.206. COMPLAINT EDUCATION. (a) In this section, "state agency"...
Section 1002.207. Duty of State Agency to Report Potential Violation - Sec. 1002.207. DUTY OF STATE AGENCY TO REPORT POTENTIAL VIOLATION....
Subchapter F. License Requirements
Section 1002.251. License Required - Sec. 1002.251. LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) Unless exempted by this chapter,...
Section 1002.252. Exemptions - Sec. 1002.252. EXEMPTIONS. The following activities do not require a...
Section 1002.253. License Application - Sec. 1002.253. LICENSE APPLICATION. (a) An applicant for a license...
Section 1002.254. Examinations - Sec. 1002.254. EXAMINATIONS. (a) The board may prepare, administer, and...
Section 1002.255. License Eligibility - Sec. 1002.255. LICENSE ELIGIBILITY. (a) To be eligible for a...
Section 1002.256. Qualifying Work Experience - Sec. 1002.256. QUALIFYING WORK EXPERIENCE. (a) The board shall apply...
Section 1002.257. Reciprocal License - Sec. 1002.257. RECIPROCAL LICENSE. (a) The board by rule may...
Section 1002.258. Temporary License - Sec. 1002.258. TEMPORARY LICENSE. (a) The board may issue a...
Section 1002.259. Waiver of Requirements - Sec. 1002.259. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS. (a) Except for the payment...
Section 1002.260. Confidentiality of Certain Information - Sec. 1002.260. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION. A statement made by...
Section 1002.261. Issuance of License - Sec. 1002.261. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. (a) The board shall issue...
Section 1002.262. License Duration; Expiration - Sec. 1002.262. LICENSE DURATION; EXPIRATION. (a) A license is valid...
Section 1002.263. Seal - Sec. 1002.263. SEAL. (a) On issuance of a license, the...
Section 1002.264. Replacement of Lost, Destroyed, or Mutilated License - Sec. 1002.264. REPLACEMENT OF LOST, DESTROYED, OR MUTILATED LICENSE. The...
Subchapter G. License Renewal
Section 1002.301. License Renewal - Sec. 1002.301. LICENSE RENEWAL. (a) Not later than the 60th...
Section 1002.302. Continuing Professional Education - Sec. 1002.302. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. As a condition for renewal...
Subchapter H. Public Practice of Geoscience
Section 1002.351. Public Practice of Geoscience by Firm or Corporation - Sec. 1002.351. PUBLIC PRACTICE OF GEOSCIENCE BY FIRM OR CORPORATION....
Section 1002.352. Geoscientist in Training - Sec. 1002.352. GEOSCIENTIST IN TRAINING. The board by rule shall...
Section 1002.353. Advisory Opinions - Sec. 1002.353. ADVISORY OPINIONS. (a) On its own initiative or...
Subchapter I. License Denial and Disciplinary Procedures
Section 1002.401. Denial of License - Sec. 1002.401. DENIAL OF LICENSE. (a) The board may deny...
Section 1002.402. Grounds for Disciplinary Action - Sec. 1002.402. GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. The board may impose...
Section 1002.403. Disciplinary Actions - Sec. 1002.403. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. (a) The board may take the...
Section 1002.404. Right to Hearing - Sec. 1002.404. RIGHT TO HEARING. A person is entitled to...
Section 1002.405. Reinstatement - Sec. 1002.405. REINSTATEMENT. (a) On application, the board may reinstate...
Subchapter J. Administrative Penalty
Section 1002.451. Imposition of Penalty - Sec. 1002.451. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY. The board may impose an...
Section 1002.452. Amount of Penalty - Sec. 1002.452. AMOUNT OF PENALTY. (a) The board may include...
Section 1002.453. Administrative Procedure - Sec. 1002.453. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. (a) The board shall adopt rules...
Section 1002.454. Options Following Final Order: Pay or Appeal - Sec. 1002.454. OPTIONS FOLLOWING FINAL ORDER: PAY OR APPEAL. (a)...
Section 1002.455. Collection of Penalty - Sec. 1002.455. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. If the person does not...
Section 1002.456. Judicial Review - Sec. 1002.456. JUDICIAL REVIEW. The order of the board is...
Section 1002.457. Remittance of Penalty and Interest - Sec. 1002.457. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST. (a) If the...
Subchapter K. Other Enforcement Provisions
Section 1002.501. Injunction - Sec. 1002.501. INJUNCTION. The board may seek an injunction against...