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Senate Bill 1531 |
Senate Author: Hancock |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: White |
Senate Bill 1531 amends the Occupations Code to revise provisions governing the requirements for an electrician license and auctioneer license and governing the grounds on which the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation (TCLR) or the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) may take certain actions related to a license to practice podiatry, midwifery, or dog or cat breeding. Among other provisions, the bill removes a person's conviction of a felony or a crime that involves moral turpitude from the grounds on which TCLR or TDLR may refuse to admit a person to an examination and to issue a license to practice podiatry and removes a person's conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony from the grounds on which TCLR or the executive director of TDLR may discipline a licensed midwife, refuse to renew a midwife's license, or refuse to issue a license to an applicant.