What can a practitioner in Texas be disciplined for?
Enforcement · part of The Practice Perimeter
Two enumerated forms of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct likely to deceive or defraud the public reach a med spa directly. One is a physician who “fails to supervise adequately the activities of those acting under the supervision of the physician”. The other is a physician who “delegates professional medical responsibility or acts to a person if the delegating physician knows or has reason to know that the person is not qualified by training, experience, or licensure to perform the responsibility or acts”.
Tex. Occ. Code § 164.053(a)(8)-(9) · verified Sep 8, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what Texas says on this
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Practicing medicine without a license in Texas is a third-degree felony, and each day of unlicensed practice is a separate offense.
Tex. Occ. Code §165.152 · verified Jul 26, 2026
The Texas Medical Board may issue a cease-and-desist order against an unlicensed person it believes is practicing medicine.
Tex. Occ. Code §165.052 · verified Jul 26, 2026
Holding out — through advertising, titles, or stationery — as entitled to practice medicine without a license is a criminal offense, reachable against an individual or a business entity.
Tex. Occ. Code §165.156 · verified Jul 26, 2026
The board may refuse to admit a person to its examination or refuse to issue a license to practice medicine and may take disciplinary action against a person who commits an act prohibited under the prohibited-practices section, who is convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or who “fails to practice medicine in an acceptable professional manner consistent with public health and welfare”.
Tex. Occ. Code § 164.051(a) · verified Sep 8, 2026
A physician commits a prohibited practice by committing “unprofessional or dishonorable conduct that is likely to deceive or defraud the public”, and separately by using “an advertising statement that is false, misleading, or deceptive”.
Tex. Occ. Code § 164.052(a)(5)-(6) · verified Sep 8, 2026
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