1. (a) The commission shall establish requirements and uniform procedures for issuing licenses and registrations under this chapter.
2. (b) The commission may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license or registration for an applicant after reviewing the applicant's credentials and determining that the applicant holds a license or registration issued by another state that has requirements substantially equivalent to those of this state.

3. (c) After notice and hearing, the commission may deny an application for a license or registration by an applicant who:

   1. (1) has a record in the preceding five years of continuing violations of statutes or rules adopted under those statutes;
   2. (2) has engaged in fraud or deceit in obtaining or applying for a license or registration;
   3. (3) has demonstrated gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the performance of activities authorized by a license or registration;
   4. (4) made an intentional misstatement or misrepresentation of fact in information required to be maintained or submitted to the commission by the license or registration holder;
   5. (5) failed to keep and transmit records as required by a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted under such a statute; or
   6. (6) at the time the application is submitted, is indebted to the state for a fee, penalty, or tax imposed by a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted under such a statute.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.