Occupations Code › Title 2 › Chapter 53 › Subchapter B
Texas Occupations Code § 53.0232
Limitation Regarding Consideration of Certain Arrests
Consequences of Criminal Conviction · Ineligibility for License
For purposes of determining a person's fitness to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the licensed occupation, a licensing authority may not consider an arrest that did not result in the person's conviction or placement on deferred adjudication community supervision.
Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 984 (S.B. 1217), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.
Redesignated from Occupations Code, Section 53.0231 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.001(61), eff. September 1, 2021.