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Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-009 Order Primary source read

TDLR COVID-19 page, 'TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat' (TDLR Updates Mar. 13-Oct. 13, 2020, with the Governor's executive orders and waivers), as archived Oct. 16, 2020

TDLR COVID-19 Information Page (updates through Oct. 13, 2020)

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation · Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation · Texas
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Tex. Occ. Code §§ 51.201-.202; Governor's waivers under § 418.016
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
various (read as 2020-03-13)
End
occupancy limits on driving schools ended with GA-34 (Mar. 10, 2021) (read as 2021-03-10)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • cosmetology salons, barber shops, nail salons
  • esthetician salons, massage establishments, laser hair removal establishments
  • driving schools and offender education programs
  • auction schools
  • all TDLR licensees (late fees; CE)
Functions reached
  • SL salon, barber, nail, esthetics, massage and laser services (closures to May 8 and May 18, 2020; protocols)
  • IN classroom instruction at driving schools capped at 25/50/75 percent (May 2020-Mar. 2021)
  • HR CE and renewal timing
  • EV combative sports paused July 8, 2020
  • OP elevator and boiler inspection requirements suspended
Collection
State trade licensing boards AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS

Operative words

May 1, 2020: Esthetician Salon, Massage Establishment and Laser Hair Establishments Closures... Under the Governor's Executive Order GA-21 (GA-21), massage establishments must remain closed until [May 18]... Massage therapy that is not medically necessary is still not allowed. May 13, 2020: Late TDLR License Renewal Fees Waived... to the extent necessary to waive late license renewal fees that accrued between March 13, 2020 [and the end of the disaster]. May 26, 2020: Governor Issues Proclamation Reopening Driver Training Schools... expanding Executive Order GA-23 to allow all driver training... schools may operate up to 25% of their total listed occupancy for classroom [instruction]. May 27, 2020: TDLR Waives Continuing Education, Other Requirements... TDLR continuing education requirements are waived for all individual licenses expiring in March, April, May [and June 2020]. October 13, 2020: Texas Driving Schools May Operate at 75% of Occupancy... allowing them to increase operations from 50% to 75% of their total listed occupancy for classroom instruction. Driving schools must ensure at least 6 feet social distancing between students and instructors, except when receiving in-car instructions or participating in a DPS road test.

Enforcement

Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173 (violation of the Governor's orders); Tex. Occ. Code § 51.302

Notes

The page is the agency's own chronology of what it closed, capped and waived by program; each entry links the Governor's order or TDLR directive it implements.

Retrieval note

Bracketed words supply text cut at the rendered column edge; the underlying entries were read in the rendering. brief sec. E wants the instrument's issue date); the slug date is the date of the Wayback capture (Oct. 16, 2020) of the TDLR COVID-19 page; the file was not renamed.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.