Tex. Occ. Code Section 455.152
Ineligibility for License

A person is not eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for:

(1)

an offense under Chapter 20A (Trafficking of Persons), Penal Code, or Section 43.021 (Solicitation of Prostitution), 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution), 43.031 (Online Promotion of Prostitution), 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution), 43.041 (Aggravated Online Promotion of Prostitution), or 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution), Penal Code; or

(2)

an offense under federal law or the laws of another state containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense described by Subdivision (1).
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 4007), Sec. 6.006, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 1865), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 13 (S.B. 483), Sec. 2, eff. May 13, 2023.

(1)

an offense under Chapter 20A (Trafficking of Persons), Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault) or 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault), or Subchapter A (Definitions), Chapter 43 (Public Indecency), Penal Code; or

(2)

another sexual offense.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 4007), Sec. 6.006, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 1865), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (H.B. 2016), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: Section 455.152 — Ineligibility for License, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­455.­htm#455.­152 (accessed May 11, 2024).

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