The name of a professional association or foreign professional association must contain:

1. (1) the word "associated," "associates," or "association";
2. (2) the phrase "professional association"; or
3. (3) an abbreviation of one of those words or that phrase.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2007.