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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 60.061. Information On Persons Licensed By Certain Agencies

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Art. 60.061. INFORMATION ON PERSONS LICENSED BY CERTAIN 
AGENCIES.  (a) The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, the 
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, the State Board 
of Dental Examiners, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, the Texas 
State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and the State Board of 
Veterinary Medical Examiners shall provide to the Department of 
Public Safety through electronic means, magnetic tape, or disk, as 
specified by the department, a list including the name, date of 
birth, and any other personal descriptive information required by 
the department for each person licensed by the respective agency.  
Each agency shall update this information and submit to the 
Department of Public Safety the updated information quarterly.
	(b)  The Department of Public Safety shall perform at least 
quarterly a computer match of the licensing list against the 
convictions maintained in the computerized criminal history 
system.  The Department of Public Safety shall report to the 
appropriate licensing agency for verification and administrative 
action, as considered appropriate by the licensing agency, the name 
of any person found to have a record of conviction, except a 
defendant whose prosecution is deferred during a period of 
community supervision without an adjudication or plea of guilt.  
The Department of Public Safety may charge the licensing agency a 
fee not to exceed the actual direct cost incurred by the department 
in performing a computer match and reporting to the agency.
	(c)  The transmission of information by electronic means 
under Subsection (a) of this article does not affect whether the 
information is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government 
Code.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended 
by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 3.21, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  
Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 78, eff. 
Sept. 1, 1995;  Subsec. (c) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, 
Sec. 5.95(88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Subsecs. (a), (b) amended by 
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1189, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Subsec. 
(a) amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 143, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 
2005.

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