Rules Restricting Advertising Or Competitive Bidding

Sec. 205.104. RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING. (a) The medical board may not adopt rules under this chapter restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices. (b) In its rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices, the medical board may not include a rule that: (1) restricts the use of any medium for advertising; (2) restricts the use of a license holder's personal appearance or voice in an advertisement; (3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the license holder; or (4) restricts the license holder's advertisement under a trade name. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.