Sec. 1953.201.  DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE; DISCIPLINARY ACTION.  (a)  The commission or executive director may deny a person's application for a certificate of registration if:
(1)  the person's certificate or license to engage in a profession in this state or elsewhere has been revoked for unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of the profession; or
(2)  satisfactory proof is presented to the commission or executive director establishing that the person has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or misconduct in the practice of a profession.
(b)  The commission or executive director may suspend or revoke a certificate of registration if the certificate holder:
(1)  practiced fraud or deceit in obtaining the certificate; or
(2)  acted in a manner constituting gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of sanitation.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.246, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.276, eff. September 1, 2017.