General Criminal Penalty: Practicing Without License

Sec. 202.605. GENERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY: PRACTICING WITHOUT LICENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person professes to be a podiatrist or practices or assumes the duties incident to the practice of podiatry without holding a license to practice podiatry. (b) An offense under this section is punishable by: (1) a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500; (2) confinement in the county jail for not less than 30 days or more than six months; or (3) both the fine and confinement. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.