Sec. 102.001. SOLICITING PATIENTS; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly offers to pay or agrees to accept, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly any remuneration in cash or in kind to or from another for securing or soliciting a patient or patronage for or from a person licensed, certified, or registered by a state health care regulatory agency.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person:
(1) has previously been convicted of an offense under this section; or
(2) was employed by a federal, state, or local government at the time of the offense.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally
Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 102.001. Soliciting Patients; Offense
Section 102.002. Rebuttable Presumption
Section 102.003. Federal Law; Construction
Section 102.004. Applicability to Advertising
Section 102.005. Applicability to Certain Entities
Section 102.006. Failure to Disclose; Offense
Section 102.007. Applicability
Section 102.008. Disciplinary Action
Section 102.010. Civil Penalties
Section 102.011. Suit for Injunctive Relief or Assessment of Civil Penalty