Text of section as amended by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (H.B. 2016), Sec. 1
For text of section as amended by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 13 (S.B. 483), Sec. 2, see other Sec. 455.152.
Sec. 455.152.  INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE.  A person is not eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for:
(1)  an offense under Chapter 20A, Section 22.011 or 22.021, or Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Penal Code; or
(2)  another sexual offense.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 4007), Sec. 6.006, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 1865), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (H.B. 2016), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.