§ 16-1003. Registration required.

(a)

A person commits an offense if the person acts or provides services as a caregiver to a patient under this article without a license.

(b)

An offense under this article is punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). A separate offense occurs each day or part of a day that the violation is committed.

(c)

A culpable mental state is not required for the commission of an offense under this article and need not be proved.

(d)

It is an affirmative defense to prosecution, with the same effect as V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 2.04, that the caregiver is related within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity to the client, as determined under V.T.C.A., Government Code Ch. 573.

(Ord. No. 2012-10-11-0809, § 1, 10-11-12)