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Tex. Occ. Code § 104.003 (2026)

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Sec. 104.003. REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION. (a) A person subject to this section who uses the person's name on a written or printed professional identification, including a sign, pamphlet, stationery, or letterhead, or who uses the person's signature as a professional identification shall designate as required by this section the healing art the person is licensed to practice.

(b) A person who is licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and holds a doctor of medicine degree shall use:

(1) physician or surgeon, M.D.;

(2) doctor, M.D.; or

(3) doctor of medicine, M.D.

(c) A person who is licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and holds a doctor of osteopathy degree shall use:

(1) physician or surgeon, D.O.;

(2) osteopathic physician or surgeon;

(3) doctor, D.O.;

(4) doctor of osteopathy;

(5) doctor of osteopathic medicine;

(6) osteopath; or

(7) D.O.

(d) A person who is licensed by the State Board of Dental Examiners shall use:

(1) dentist;

(2) doctor, D.D.S.;

(3) doctor of dental surgery;

(4) D.D.S.; or

(5) doctor of dental medicine, D.M.D.

(e) A person who is licensed by the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall use:

(1) chiropractor;

(2) doctor, D.C.;

(3) doctor of chiropractic; or

(4) D.C.

(f) A person who is licensed by the Texas Optometry Board shall use:

(1) optometrist;

(2) doctor, optometrist;

(3) doctor of optometry; or

(4) O.D.

(g) A person who is licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to practice podiatry shall use:

(1) chiropodist;

(2) doctor, D.S.C.;

(3) doctor of surgical chiropody;

(4) D.S.C.;

(5) podiatrist;

(6) doctor, D.P.M.;

(7) doctor of podiatric medicine; or

(8) D.P.M.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 19.019, eff. September 1, 2019.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2006–2016 · leading case: Dunlap v. Young, 187 S.W.3d 828 (Tex. App. 2006).
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Dunlap v. Young, 187 S.W.3d 828 (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Occ.Code Ann. § 104.003 (Vernon 2004).”
Belt v. EmCare, Inc., 444 F.3d 403 (5th Cir. 2006). “, Tex. Occ.Code § 104.003. Also, it is difficult to draw a limiting principle from EmCare’s proposed definition: It would seem that registered nurses are both (1) licensed and (2) practice the art or science of preserving health and treating disease.”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2016). · cites it 2× “See TEX. Occ. CODE§ 104.003; see also id. § 104.”
Dr. Amber Brooks, D.C. v. Texas Med. Bd. &, in Their Off. Capacities Only, Mari Robinson, Exec. Dir. Irvin Zeitler, Jr., D.O., Chair of the Disciplinary Panel & Paulette Southard, Member of the Disciplinary Panel (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “”); see Tex. Occ. Code § 104.003(b), (c) (classifying medical doctors and osteopaths as “physicians”).”
Shirley Dunlap, Individually, as Heir To, as Pers. Rep. Of, & on Behalf of All Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of the Est. of Era Sheppard Smith v. Sandra R. Young, James A. Greene, Jr., & Good Shepherd Hosp., Inc., D/B/A Good Shepherd Med. Ctr. (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 104.003 (V ernon 2004).”
— Tex. Occ. Code § 104.003(b) — 1 case
Dr. Amber Brooks, D.C. v. Texas Med. Bd. &, in Their Off. Capacities Only, Mari Robinson, Exec. Dir. Irvin Zeitler, Jr., D.O., Chair of the Disciplinary Panel & Paulette Southard, Member of the Disciplinary Panel (Tex. App. 2015). “”); see Tex. Occ. Code § 104.003(b), (c) (classifying medical doctors and osteopaths as “physicians”).”
— Tex. Occ. Code § 104.003(c)(l) — 1 case
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2016). “See TEX. Occ. CODE§ 104.003; see also id. § 104.”
— Tex. Occ. Code § 104.003(e) — 1 case
Dr. Amber Brooks, D.C. v. Texas Med. Bd. &, in Their Off. Capacities Only, Mari Robinson, Exec. Dir. Irvin Zeitler, Jr., D.O., Chair of the Disciplinary Panel & Paulette Southard, Member of the Disciplinary Panel (Tex. App. 2015). “”); see Tex. Occ. Code § 104.003(b), (c) (classifying medical doctors and osteopaths as “physicians”).”
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