Sec. 81.0072.  REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The department, based on the recommendation of the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters, may revoke or suspend a certificate or place a certificate holder on probation for a violation of a statute, rule, or policy of the department.  If a certificate holder is placed on probation, the department may require the practitioner:
(1)  to report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation;
(2)  to limit practice to those areas prescribed by the department; or
(3)  to continue or renew professional education until a satisfactory degree of skill has been attained in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
(b)  If the department proposes to suspend or revoke a certificate or place a certificate holder on probation, the certificate holder is entitled to a hearing before the department or a hearings officer appointed by the department.  All final decisions to suspend or revoke a certificate or place a certificate holder on probation shall be made by the department.
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 619, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 835, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 118, Sec. 4, eff. May 23, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.325, eff. April 2, 2015.