Sec. 453.354.  TEMPORARY LICENSE SUSPENSION.  (a)  The board may temporarily suspend a license issued under this chapter on an emergency basis if the board, by at least a two-thirds vote, determines from the evidence or information presented to the board that the continued practice by the license holder constitutes a continuing or imminent threat to the public health or welfare.
(b)  The board may suspend a license under this section without notice or a hearing if, at the time the suspension is ordered, a hearing on whether to institute disciplinary proceedings against the license holder is scheduled to be held not later than the 14th day after the date of the temporary suspension.
(c)  The board shall hold a second hearing on the license suspension not later than the 60th day after the date the temporary suspension was ordered.  If the second hearing is not held within the required time, the suspended license is automatically reinstated.
(d)  The board shall adopt rules that establish procedures and standards for the temporary suspension of a license under this section.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.