Sec. 773.0505.  RULES REGARDING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING.  (a)  The executive commissioner may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license or certificate holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices.
(b)  In rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the executive commissioner may not include a rule that:
(1)  restricts the use of any medium for advertising;
(2)  restricts the use of a license or certificate holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement;
(3)  relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license or certificate holder; or
(4)  restricts the license or certificate holder's advertisement under a trade name.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 19.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1528, eff. April 2, 2015.