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(a)The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1)APA--Administrative Procedure Act, Government Code, Chapter 2001. (2)Board--Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners. (3)Chiropractic Act or CA--Occupations Code, Chapter 201 (formerly Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4512b). (4)HPCA--Health Professions Council Act, Occupations Code, Chapter 101. (5)HRC--Human Resources Code. (6)Licensee--A person who is licensed by the board to practice chiropractic in the State of Texas. (7)MRTCA--Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification Act, Occupations Code, Chapter 601. (8)Occ. Code--Occupations Code. (9)Respondent--An individual or facility regulated by the board against whom a complaint has been filed. (10)SOAH--State Office of Administrative Hearings. (11)DSHS--Department of State Health Services. (b)The following table contains maximum sanctions that may be assessed for each category of violation listed in the table: Attached Graphic (c)In a case where a respondent has committed multiple violations or multiple occurrences of the same violation, board staff, the enforcement committee or an administrative law judge may recommend and the board may impose sanctions in excess of a maximum sanction specified in the maximum sanction table provided by subsection (b) of this section, if otherwise authorized by law. For the fourth and subsequent offenses of any violation listed in the maximum sanction table with three levels of sanctions, the maximum sanction is revocation and/or $1,000 administrative penalty. (d)An administrative penalty may not exceed $1,000 per day for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate violation for the purposes of imposing an administrative penalty. (e)For violation of a statute which is not listed in the maximum sanction table and for which the board is authorized to take disciplinary action, the maximum sanction is revocation and/or $1,000 administrative penalty.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on September 9, 2014
TRD-201404344 Bryan D. Snoddy
General Counsel
Texas Board of
Chiropractic Examiners
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 26, 2014
For further information, please call: (512) 305-6715
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