Texas § 202.352 APPROVAL OF NAMES UNDER WHICH PODIATRIST MAY PRACTICE.

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§ 202.352 — APPROVAL OF NAMES UNDER WHICH PODIATRIST MAY PRACTICE.

Texas § 202.352

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Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 202.352 (2026).

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Sec. 202.352. APPROVAL OF NAMES UNDER WHICH PODIATRIST MAY PRACTICE.

(a)The commission may adopt rules establishing standards or guidelines for the name, including a trade name or assumed name, under which a podiatrist may conduct a practice in this state. In its rules, the commission may also establish procedures to review and make determinations approving or disapproving a specific name submitted to the department by one or more podiatrists desiring to practice under a particular name.

(b)The authority granted to the commission and department by this section includes any form of business organization under which a podiatrist conducts a practice, including:

(1)a sole proprietorship;

(2)an association;

(3)a partnership;

(4)a professional corporation;

(5)a clinic;

(6)a health mainte

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Sec. 202.352. APPROVAL OF NAMES UNDER WHICH PODIATRIST MAY PRACTICE. (a) The commission may adopt rules establishing standards or guidelines for the name, including a trade name or assumed name, under which a podiatrist may conduct a practice in this state. In its rules, the commission may also establish procedures to review and make determinations approving or disapproving a specific name submitted to the department by one or more podiatrists desiring to practice under a particular name.
(b) The authority granted to the commission and department by this section includes any form of business organization under which a podiatrist conducts a practice, including:
(1) a sole proprietorship;
(2) an association;
(3) a partnership;
(4) a professional corporation;
(5) a clinic;
(6) a health maintenance organization; and
(7) a group practice with a practitioner of another branch of the healing art.
(c) A podiatrist may not practice podiatry in this state under any name, including a trade name or assumed name, unless the name is in compliance with the applicable rules adopted or determinations made under this section.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 282 (H.B. 3078 ), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 282 (H.B. 3078 ), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2017.