Sec. 205.1521.  CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATION.  The acupuncture board shall complete a preliminary investigation of a complaint received by the acupuncture board not later than the 30th day after the date of receiving the complaint.  The acupuncture board shall first determine whether the acupuncturist constitutes a continuing threat to the public welfare.  On completion of the preliminary investigation, the acupuncture board shall determine whether to officially proceed on the complaint.  If the acupuncture board fails to complete the preliminary investigation in the time required by this section, the acupuncture board's official investigation of the complaint is considered to commence on that date.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 3.11, eff. September 1, 2005.