(a) All individual applicants doing business under an assumed name shall submit an assumed name certificate from the county clerk of the county in which the applicant either:
  (1) has or will maintain business or professional premises; or
  (2) conducts business or renders a professional service, if the person does not or will not maintain business or professional premises in any county.
(b) Corporations and other entities permitted and governed by the Texas Business Organizations Code using an assumed name shall submit an assumed name certificate from the Texas Secretary of State.
(c) Corporate applicants shall submit a current certificate of existence or a certificate of authority from the Texas Secretary of State.
(d) Licensees may not operate under any name not reflected in current department records as the name under which the licensee will be doing business.

Source Note: The provisions of this §35.25 adopted to be effective May 6, 2014, 39 TexReg 3606; amended to be effective September 15, 2016, 41 TexReg 7122; amended to be effective December 29, 2019, 44 TexReg 8028