Tex. Occ. Code Section 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.
Sec. 104.004. OTHER PERSONS USING TITLE “DOCTOR”. In using the title “doctor” as a trade or professional asset or on any manner of professional identification, including a sign, pamphlet, stationery, or letterhead, or as a part of a signature, a person other than a person described by Section 104.003 (Required Identification) shall designate the authority under which the title is used or the college or honorary degree that gives rise to the use of the title.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 104.003 — Required Identification, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­104.­htm#104.­003 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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