Sec. 102.051.  SOLICITING PATIENTS;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
(1)  practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine;  and
(2)  employs or agrees to employ, pays or promises to pay, or rewards or promises to reward another for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage.
(b)  A person commits an offense if the person accepts or agrees to accept anything of value for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage for a person who practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine.
(c)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200. Each violation of this section is a separate offense.
(d)  For purposes of this section, a person who practices the art of healing includes a masseur and an optometrist.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.