Section 102.051 - Soliciting Patients; Offense(a) A person commits an offense if the person:(1) practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine; and(2) employs or agrees to employ, pays or promises to pay, or rewards or promises to reward another for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage.(b) A person commits an offense if the person accepts or agrees to accept anything of value for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage for a person who practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine.(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200. Each violation of this section is a separate offense.(d) For purposes of this section, a person who practices the art of healing includes a masseur and an optometrist. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.