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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility requirements for a license as a massage |
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establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage |
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therapy instructor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 455.152, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 455.152. INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE. A person is not |
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eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, |
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massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is |
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an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo |
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contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for: |
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(1) an offense under Chapter 20A, Section 22.011 or |
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22.021 [Penal Code], or Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Penal Code; [,] or |
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(2) another sexual offense. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |