Sec. 205.104.  RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.  (a)  The medical board may not adopt rules under this chapter restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b)  In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the medical board may not include a rule that:
(1)  restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2)  restricts the use of a license holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3)  relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license holder;  or
(4)  restricts the license holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.