Sec. 146.0041.  GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL.  (a)  The department may refuse to issue an original or renewal tattoo studio or body piercing studio license if it has reasonable grounds to believe and finds that any of the following circumstances exist:
(1)  the applicant has been convicted of a violation of this chapter during the two years immediately preceding the filing of the application;
(2)  three years have not elapsed since the termination, by pardon or otherwise, of a sentence imposed on the applicant for a conviction associated with tattooing or body piercing;
(3)  the applicant violated or caused to be violated a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter involving moral turpitude during the six months immediately preceding the filing of the application;
(4)  the applicant failed to answer or falsely or incorrectly answered a question in an original or renewal application;
(5)  the applicant is indebted to the state for a fee or penalty imposed by this chapter or by rule adopted under this chapter;
(6)  the applicant is a minor; or
(7)  the applicant does not provide an adequate building available at the address for which the license is sought before conducting any activity authorized by the license.
(b)  The department may refuse to issue or renew, for a period of one year from the date of application for the initial or renewal license, a tattoo studio or body piercing studio license for a premises where a shooting, stabbing, or other violent act or an offense involving drugs occurred that involved a license applicant, license holder, or registrant under this chapter or a patron or employee of the studio.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1226, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0443, eff. April 2, 2015.