Section 51.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Advisory board" means a board, committee, council, or other entity with multiple members that has as its primary function advising the commission or department.(1-a) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.(3) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, title, or permit issued by the department.(4) "License holder" means a person who holds a license issued by the department.(5) "Respondent" means a person, regardless of whether the person is a license holder, who is charged with violating a law establishing a regulatory program administered by the department or a rule adopted or order issued by the commission or executive director.(6) "Sanction" means an action by the executive director against a license holder or another person, including the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license, the reprimand of a license holder, or the placement of a license holder on probation.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 669, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 6, eff. 6/14/2001. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.