Section 301.657 - Effect on Acceptance of Corrective or Deferred Action(a) Except to the extent provided by this section, a person's acceptance of a corrective or deferred action under this subchapter does not constitute an admission of a violation but does constitute a plea of nolo contendere.(b) The board may treat a person's acceptance of corrective or deferred action as an admission of a violation if the board imposes a sanction on the person for a subsequent violation of this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter.(c) The board may consider a corrective or deferred action taken against a person to be a prior disciplinary action under this chapter when imposing a sanction on the person for a subsequent violation of this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1189,Sec. 16, eff. 9/1/2013.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 144, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2009.