STATE BD. OF EXAM. v. TEXAS MED. ASS'N

No. 15-0299.

511 S.W.3d 28 (2017)

TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS; Cheryl Gomez in Her Capacity as Executive Director; Michael Puhl, in His Capacity as Presiding Officer; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Petitioners, v. TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: February 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Roy , First Assistant Attorney General, Dustin Mark Howell , Eric Lance Vinson , W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr., Evan S. Greene , Office of the Attorney General, Scott A. Keller , Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General, David T. Arlington , Gavin Robert Villareal , Matthew Carlton Wood , Thomas R. Phillips , Baker Botts L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

Andrea Schwab , Donald P. Wilcox , Texas Medical Association, Austin, TX, David F. Bragg , Law Offices of David F. Bragg, P.C., Bastrop, TX, for Respondent.


Over twenty years ago, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (the Therapists Board) adopted a rule that permits licensed marriage and family therapists (MFTs) to provide "diagnostic assessment ... to help individuals identify their emotional, mental, and behavioral problems...

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