Texas Occupations Code Title 2, Chapter 53 - Consequences Of Criminal Conviction

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 53.001 - Applicability Of Certain Definitions
  The definitions provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code, apply to this chapter. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

SUBCHAPTER B INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE

• Texas Section 53.002 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) the Supreme Court of Texas, a person licensed under the court's authority on behalf of the judicial department...
• Texas Section 53.021 - Authority To Revoke, Suspend, Or Deny License
  Sec. 53.021. AUTHORITY TO REVOKE, SUSPEND, OR DENY LICENSE. Text of subsection effective until January 01, 2017 (a) A licensing authority may suspend or revoke...
• Texas Section 53.0211 - Licensing Of Certain Applicants With Prior Criminal Convictions
  (a) This section does not apply to an applicant for a license that would allow the applicant to provide: (1) law enforcement services; (2) public...
• Texas Section 53.022 - Factors In Determining Whether Conviction Relates To Occupation
  In determining whether a criminal conviction directly relates to an occupation, the licensing authority shall consider: (1) the nature and seriousness of the crime; (2)...
• Texas Section 53.023 - Additional Factors For Licensing Authority To Consider
  (a) In determining the fitness to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the licensed occupation of a person who has been convicted of...
• Texas Section 53.024 - Proceedings Governed By Administrative Procedure Act
  A proceeding before a licensing authority to establish factors required to be considered under this subchapter is governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code. Acts 1999,...

SUBCHAPTER C NOTICE AND REVIEW OF SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR DENIAL OF LICENSE

• Texas Section 53.025 - Guidelines
  (a) Each licensing authority shall issue guidelines relating to the practice of the licensing authority under this chapter. The guidelines must state the reasons a...
• Texas Section 53.051 - Notice
  A licensing authority that suspends or revokes a license or denies a person a license or the opportunity to be examined for a license because...

SUBCHAPTER D PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF LICENSE ELIGIBILITY

• Texas Section 53.052 - Judicial Review
  (a) A person whose license has been suspended or revoked or who has been denied a license or the opportunity to take an examination under...
• Texas Section 53.101 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authorization that: (A) is issued by a licensing authority; and (B) a...
• Texas Section 53.102 - Request For Criminal History Evaluation Letter
  (a) A person may request a licensing authority to issue a criminal history evaluation letter regarding the person's eligibility for a license issued by that...
• Texas Section 53.103 - Authority To Investigate
  A licensing authority has the same powers to investigate a request submitted under this subchapter and the requestor's eligibility that the authority has to investigate...
• Texas Section 53.104 - Determination Of Eligibility; Letter
  (a) If a licensing authority determines that a ground for ineligibility does not exist, the authority shall notify the requestor in writing of the authority's...
• Texas Section 53.105 - Fees
  A licensing authority may charge a person requesting an evaluation under this subchapter a fee adopted by the authority. Fees adopted by a licensing authority...

Last modified: September 28, 2016