The certificate of registration is not transferable. If a health spa is purchased or otherwise transferred to a new owner, the new owner or transferee must submit a new application for registration within five business days of the purchase or transfer. In addition, the new owner or transferee must submit a new surety bond, post other security or a new application for exemption within five business days after the ownership has been transferred. Transfer includes a sale of substantially all of the assets, a sale of a majority of the ownership interests, or a merger or consolidation of the registrant into a surviving or resulting entity. Transfer does not include the conversion of a business entity of one type into a business entity of another type or the redomestication of an entity from one jurisdiction to another jurisdiction.

Source Note: The provisions of this §102.12 adopted to be effective April 20, 2009, 34 TexReg 2375