Section 168.002 - Exemptions This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a medical or dental school or an outpatient clinic associated with a medical or dental school;(2) a hospital, including any outpatient facility or clinic of a hospital;(3) a hospice established under 40 T.A.C. Section 97.403 or defined by 42 C.F.R. Section 418.3;(4) a facility maintained or operated by this state;(5) a clinic maintained or operated by the United States;(6) a health organization certified by the board under Section 162.001; or(7) a clinic owned or operated by a physician who treats patients within the physician's area of specialty and who personally uses other forms of treatment, including surgery, with the issuance of a prescription for a majority of the patients. Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1167,Sec. 10, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 956,Sec. 7, eff. 1/1/2014.Redesignated from Occupations Code, Chapter 167 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91, Sec. 27.001(45), eff. 9/1/2011.