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Tex. Occ. Code § 165.153 (2026)

Criminal Penalties For Additional Harm

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Sec. 165.153. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR ADDITIONAL HARM. (a) A person commits an offense if the person practices medicine without a license or permit and causes another person:

(1) physical or psychological harm; or

(2) financial harm.

(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the third degree.

(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail felony.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 2004–2018 · leading case: Green v. State, 137 S.W.3d 356 (Tex. App. 2004).
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Green v. State, 137 S.W.3d 356 (Tex. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “15 See Tex. Occ.Code Ann. § 165.153(a)(1), (b). *366 Subtitle B of the occupations code does not define “psychological harm.”
Agripino v. State, 217 S.W.3d 707 (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 165.153 (a) (Vernon 2004).”
Diruzzo v. State, 549 S.W.3d 301 (Tex. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “See TEX. OCC. CODE ANN. § 165.153. He argues that the existence of two statutes proscribing the same behavior-but with one statute simultaneously requiring an additional harm element while potentially reducing the grade of the offense-would constitute an absurd result.”
Doctors Hosp. at Renaissance, Ltd. & RGV MED, LLC v. Jesus Jaime Andrade & Jessica Andrade (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “14, 19 TEX. OCC. CODE § 165.153 ................”
Marcus A. Green v. State (Tex. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “(15) See Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 165.153 (a)(1), (b).”
Marcus A. Green v. State (Tex. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Tex. Occ. Code Ann. § 165.153 (a)(1). The statute currently makes it a third-degree felony to practice medicine in violation of subtitle B without regard to a psychological harm element.”
Texas Ass'n of Acupuncture & Oriental Med. v. Texas Bd. of Chiropractic Examiners & Patricia Gilbert, Exec. Dir. in Her Off. Capacity (Tex. App. 2015). “6 TEX. OCC. CODE § 165.153 ................”
Tex. Occ. Code § 165.153(a)(1): 1 case
Green v. State, 137 S.W.3d 356 (Tex. App. 2004). “15 See Tex. Occ.Code Ann. § 165.153(a)(1), (b). *366 Subtitle B of the occupations code does not define “psychological harm.”
Tex. Occ. Code § 165.153(a)(2): 1 case
Diruzzo v. State, 549 S.W.3d 301 (Tex. App. 2018). “See TEX. OCC. CODE ANN. § 165.153. He argues that the existence of two statutes proscribing the same behavior-but with one statute simultaneously requiring an additional harm element while potentially reducing the grade of the offense-would constitute an absurd result.”
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