Sec. 165.153. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR ADDITIONAL HARM. (a) A person commits an offense if the person practices medicine without a license or permit and causes another person:
(1) physical or psychological harm; or
(2) financial harm.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the third degree.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail felony.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subchapter D. Criminal Penalties
Section 165.151. General Criminal Penalty
Section 165.152. Practicing Medicine in Violation of Subtitle
Section 165.153. Criminal Penalties for Additional Harm
Section 165.1535. Performing Surgery While Intoxicated
Section 165.154. Tampering With Governmental Record; Perjury Offenses
Section 165.155. Solicitation of Patients; Penalty
Section 165.156. Misrepresentation Regarding Entitlement to Practice Medicine
Section 165.157. Duty to Assist in Certain Prosecutions
Section 165.158. Unauthorized Release of Confidential Information