22 Tex. Admin. Code § 80.6 - Undercover Investigations

(a) The Board shall permit undercover investigations only when other investigative techniques have failed or are not appropriate.

(b) If an undercover investigation is needed, a Board investigator shall submit to the Enforcement Committee a written request containing:

(1) the specific complaint;

(2) the information which the investigator believes an undercover investigation may reveal;

(3) the relevance of the information;

(4) why other techniques have not been successful or are not appropriate; and

(5) the investigative acts to be performed.

(c) The Enforcement Committee shall evaluate the request and make its decision in writing.

(d) If the request is approved, the executive director shall be responsible for the investigation until undercover activities are completed.

Notes

22 Tex. Admin. Code § 80.6

Former section transferred to 22 TAC § 82.6 by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 42, October 19, 2018, TexReg 6963, eff. 11/1/2018; current section adopted by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 04, January 23, 2015, TexReg 379, eff. 1/29/2015; Transferred from 22 TAC § 78.4 by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 42, October 19, 2018, TexReg 6963, eff. 11/1/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 39, September 27, 2019, TexReg 5624, eff. 10/3/2019; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 49, December 6, 2019, TexReg 7535, eff. 12/9/2019