Sec. 801.506. PROHIBITED PRACTICES RELATING TO CERTAIN ENTITIES. (a) A sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation may not engage in veterinary medicine unless the owner, each partner, or each shareholder, as appropriate, holds a license to practice veterinary medicine issued under this chapter.
(b) A corporation, organization, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, or other legal entity not owned exclusively by one or more persons licensed to practice veterinary medicine under this chapter may not engage in veterinary medicine.
(c) A veterinarian may not form or continue a partnership with a member of another profession or a person who is not a member of a profession if a part of the partnership employment consists of the practice of veterinary medicine.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.421(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 940 (H.B. 414), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - Professions Related to Animals
Subchapter K. Other Penalties and Enforcement Provisions
Section 801.501. Monitoring License Holder
Section 801.5011. Monitoring Harmful Prescribing and Dispensing Patterns
Section 801.502. Injunctive Relief
Section 801.503. Assessment of Civil Penalty Against Person Not Licensed
Section 801.504. General Criminal Penalty
Section 801.505. Board Member or Employee; Fine
Section 801.506. Prohibited Practices Relating to Certain Entities
Section 801.507. Nonapplicability of Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act