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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle B - Physicians
Chapter 155 - License to Practice Medicine
Subchapter E. Physician Graduates
Section 155.209. Identification Requirements; Use of Title

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TX Occ Code § 155.209 (2025)
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Sec. 155.209. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; USE OF TITLE. (a) The holder of a license issued under this subchapter shall at all times while practicing as a physician graduate display a personal identification document identifying the license holder as a physician graduate.

(b) A physician graduate may use the following titles or abbreviations:

(1) "doctor"; or

(2) "Dr." or "doc."

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 2038), Sec. 3.001, eff. September 1, 2025.

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