Sec. 1301.259.  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.  (a)  The board and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to improve services and coordinate the functions of each agency.
(b)  The memorandum of understanding must:
(1)  require each agency to share:
(A)  information technology to support the regulation and enforcement of occupational licenses;  and
(B)  information on regulatory practices for licensed occupations, including policy issues that affect the regulation of licensed occupations, standardization of complaint and enforcement techniques, and model licensing techniques;
(2)  authorize enforcement officers from each agency to check licenses, registrations, or endorsements held by persons practicing occupations regulated by the other agency and report noncompliance to that agency;  and
(3)  state the circumstances when a joint investigation between the board and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is appropriate.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 819, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.