Safeguarding Consumers and Protecting Public Health and Safety

Listed below are some of TDLR’s most recent permanent injunctions, cease and desist orders, and license revocations. The respondents listed below are not authorized to perform, or offer to perform, licensed services in Texas. These orders represent actions taken by TDLR’s Executive Director and the Texas Commission of Licensing & Regulation to safeguard consumers and protect public health and safety.
To see ALL violations, including license revocations, suspensions, and fines, search TDLR’s Administrative Orders database. If you would like to report unlicensed activity, please file a complaint online.


Licenses Revoked

License Type Name and Location Order Basis for Order

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

KUOM, SAROEUP

City: Fort Worth

County: Tarrant

Zip Code: 76108

License #: 92421

Complaint #: ACR20220017734

Date: 2/23/23

Respondent’s Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technician license is revoked; and Respondent shall not apply for a new license before the first anniversary of the date of the revocation.

Respondent has a deferred adjudication disposition which makes them unfit to hold a license.

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

PRUETT, MARCUS B.

City: Plano

County: Dallas

Zip Code: 75074

License #: 85023

Complaint #: ACR20230001307

Date: 2/23/23

Respondent’s Registered Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician renewal application is denied, and Respondent’s Registered Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician license is revoked; and Respondent shall not apply for a new license before the first anniversary of the date of the revocation.

Respondent has a deferred adjudication disposition which makes them unfit to hold a license.

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

KIDDER, ADAM M.

City: Fort Worth

County: Tarrant

Zip Code: 72644

License #: 58321

Complaint #: ACR20210012626

Date: 2/2/23

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $4,000. Respondent’s Certified Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician license is revoked.

Respondent performed and/or offered to perform air conditioning and refrigeration contracting without first obtaining the required license.

Athletic Trainers

LEE, CRYSTAL LEE

City: Oakland, CA

County:

Zip Code: 94605

License #: AT8871

Complaint #: ATH20220014444

Date: 11/17/22

Respondent shall remit the dishonored payment processing fee of $50; and Respondent's Athletic Trainer license is revoked.

Respondent failed to pay the dishonored payment processing fee.

Barbers

JUAREZ, JOSE V. JR

City: Dallas

County: Dallas

Zip Code: 75223

License #: 65245

Complaint #: BAR20220011037

Date: 4/10/23

Respondent’s Class A Barber renewal application is denied, and Respondent’s Class A Barber license is revoked; and Respondent shall not apply for a new license before the first anniversary of the date of the revocation.

Respondent has a deferred adjudication disposition which should be considered a conviction for licensing purposes; and said conviction is directly related to the occupation.

Electricians

FANSLER, DAVID KEITH

City: Amarillo

County: Potter

Zip Code: 79159

License #: 18223 and 18570

Complaint #: ELC2020009755

Date: 1/10/23

Respondent’s Master Electrician and Journeyman Electrician renewal applications are denied, and Respondent's Master Electrician and Journeyman Electrician licenses are revoked; and Respondent shall not apply for a new license before the first anniversary of the date of the revocation.

Respondent has a deferred adjudication disposition which should be considered a conviction for licensing purposes; and said conviction is directly related to the occupation.

Electricians

FRITZ, ETHAN D.

City: Emory

County: Rains

Zip Code: 75440

License #: 234821

Complaint #: ELC20210003452

Date: 11/17/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $4,000; Respondent's Apprentice Electrician license is suspended for a period of one (1) year from the date the Default Order is final.

Respondent performed and/or offered to perform electrical contracting without first obtaining the required electrical contractor's license or electrician license.

Massage Establishment

ZHONG, CHANGJIANG

City: Houston

County: Harris

Zip Code: 77076

License #: ME5239 and MT133603

Complaint #: MAS20210000178

Date: 1/26/23

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $21,000; and Respondent’s Massage Establishment and Massage Therapist licenses are revoked.

Respondent employed an unlicensed individual to perform massage therapy services; Respondent allowed an employee to engage in sexual contact in the massage establishment; Respondent allowed an individual, including a student, license holder, or employee, to reside on the premises of the massage establishment; Respondent’s representative failed to cooperate with the investigator in the performance of the inspection; Respondent failed to provide appropriate draping and treatment services to protect client’s safety, comfort, and privacy; Respondent failed to provide an initial consultation to each client before the first massage therapy session and obtain the signature of the client on the consultation document.

Massage Establishment

CHEN, LIXUE

City: Plano

County: Dallas

Zip Code: 75023

License #: ME6986

Complaint #: MAS20220009129

Date: 12/9/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $1,000; and Respondent's Massage Establishment license is revoked.

Respondent failed to provide appropriate draping and treatment services to protect client's safety, comfort, and privacy.

Massage Instructor

JONES, THOMAS PAYTON

City: McKinney

County: Dallas

Zip Code: 75071

License #: MI3425 and MT125049

Complaint #: MAS20220008195

Date 12/9/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $3,500; and Respondent's Massage Therapist Instructor license is revoked.

Respondent failed to provide an initial consultation to each client before the first massage therapy session and obtain the signature of the client on the consultation document; Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapist

BRICE, CHASE EVAN

City: Temple

County: Bell

Zip Code: 76548

License #: MT130463

Complaint #: MAS20220010879

Date: 3/2/23

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $6,000; and Respondent’s Massage Therapist license is revoked.

Respondent failed to provide an initial consultation to each client before the first massage therapy session and obtain the signature of the client on the consultation document; Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapist

CHAVEZ, Idelfonso A.

City: Lakeway

County: Travis

Zip Code: 78734

License #: MT046316

Complaint #: MAS20210003227

Date: 3/2/23

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $5,000; and Respondent’s Massage Therapist license is revoked.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapist

RUIZ, ALEJANDRO E.

City: Colleyville

County:

Zip Code: 76134

License #: MT125439

Complaint #: MAS20220007232

Date: 2/22/23

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $6,700; and Respondent’s Massage Therapist license is revoked.

Respondent performed the practice of massage therapy with an expired massage therapist license; Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapist

SMITH, SHALE K.

City: Austin

County: Travis

Zip Code: 78723

License #: MT121540

Complaint #: MAS20220014692

Date: 1/5/23

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $10,000; Respondent's Massage Therapist license is revoked.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client; Respondent failed to provide appropriate draping and treatment services to protect client’s safety, comfort and privacy.

Massage Therapist

MENDEZ-ORTIZ, JOSE ELIAS

City: Cleveland

County: Liberty

Zip Code: 77328

License #: MT132742

Complaint #: MAS20220007937

Date: 11/6/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $5,000; Respondent's Massage Therapist license is revoked; and Respondent shall not apply for a new license before the first anniversary of the date of the revocation.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapist

MONTOYA, MARIA GUADALUPE

City: Houston

County: Harris

Zip Code: 77024

License #: MT129039

Complaint #: MAS20210013981

Date: 11/10/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $8,000; and Respondent's Massage Therapist license is revoked.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client; Respondent failed to provide appropriate draping and treatment services to protect client's safety, comfort, and privacy.

Massage Therapist

BALL, REGINAL DEWAYNE

City: Fort Worth

County: Tarrant

Zip Code: 75214

License #: MT131832

Complaint #: MAS20220007330

Date: 11/6/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $12,500; and Respondent's Massage Therapist license is revoked.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client, the Department is charging 2 violations; Respondent failed to provide appropriate draping and treatment services to protect client's safety, comfort, and privacy.

Motor Fuel Metering and Quality

J AND J C STORE 2 LLC

City: Malakoff

County: Henderson

Zip Code: 75148

License #: 721844

Complaint #: FMQ20220013606

Date: 12/9/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $750. Respondent's Fuel Metering Device Registration is suspended for a period of one year. This suspension will be probated for a period of one year.

Respondent failed to comply with currently published standards relating to fuel quality.

Speech-Language Pathology

NGUYEN, TRINH

City: San Antonio

County: Bexar

Zip Code: 78216

License #: 41815

Complaint #: SPA20220009295

Date: 12/16/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $7,500. Respondent's Speech Language Pathologist license is revoked.

Respondent falsified records, the Department is charging 5 violations.

Speech-Language Pathology

WALKER, AMY

City: Plano

County: Dallas

Zip Code: 75024

License #: 15332

Complaint #: SPA20220011613

Date: 1/12/23

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $25,000. Respondent's Speech Language Pathologist license is revoked.

Respondent billed for services not rendered to a client, the Department is charging 10 violations; Respondent failed to comply with an order previously issued by the Executive Director.

Cease and Desist Orders

License Type Name and Location Order Basis for Order

Cosmetology

TORRES, ASHLEY R.

City: Houston

County: Harris

Zip Code: 77057

License #: Not licensed

Complaint #: COS20220000879

Date: 12/20/22

Respondent is ordered to immediately cease and desist from operating or managing a cosmetology salon.

Respondent operated a cosmetology salon without the appropriate license.

Massage Establishment

DEE THAI FEET LLC

City: Plano

County: Collin

Zip Code: 75074

License #: Not Licensed

Complaint #: MAS20230009395

Date: 3/31/23

Respondent is ordered to immediately cease and desist from operating a place of business in which massage therapy and/or other massage services are offered and/or performed.

Respondent operated a massage establishment without a massage establishment license.

Massage Therapy

SIMERSKEY, JIMMY

City: Cypress

County: Harris

Zip Code: 77060-3212

License #: MT129745 and MI3738

Complaint #: MAS20220002811

Date: 8/4/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $15,000; and Respondent's Massage Therapist and Massage Therapy Instructor licenses are revoked for the remainder of Respondent's lifetime.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client, the Department is charging 4 violations; Respondent failed to provide an initial consultation to each client before the first massage therapy session and obtain the signature of the client on the consultation document; Respondent failed to obtain an updated client consultation document after the client's reason for seeking massage therapy changed; Respondent made a misleading statement about the practice of massage therapy.

Massage Therapy

LU, DEFU

City: Brooklyn, NY

Zip Code: 11228-1051

License # MSP2103

Complaint #: MAS20210009872

Date: 8/7/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $2,500; and Respondent's Massage Student Permit is revoked. Respondent is permanently restrained from practicing massage therapy and/or owning a massage establishment for the remainder of Respondent's lifetime.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapy

PONCE, EMMANUEL

City: Houston

County: Harris

Zip Code: 77098-1591

License #: MT131532

Complaint #: MAS20220001827

Date: 5/23/2022

Respondent's Massage Therapist license is revoked. Respondent is permanently restrained and enjoined from offering and/or performing massage therapy and other massage services for the remainder of his lifetime. Respondent is permanently restrained and enjoined from owning and/or operating a Massage Establishment for the remainder of his lifetime.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Midwives

HERNANDEZ, LEAH D.

City: Amarillo

County: Potter

Zip code: 79103

License #: 96185

Complaint #: MID20220007850

Date: 3/2/23

Respondent is ordered to immediately cease and desist from performing or offering to perform midwifery services until Respondent becomes properly licensed.

Respondent is alleged to have practiced midwifery during a period in which the midwifery license was expired.

Permanent Revocations

License Type Name and Location Order Basis for Order

Cosmetology

PHAM, THANH TRUC

City: Dallas
County: Dallas
Zip Code: 75243

License #: 705351, 1529871, 1512794
Complaint # COS20190016766

Date: 3/4/21

The Cosmetology Private Post-Secondary School license for Texan Beauty Academy LLC is revoked. The Cosmetology Manicurist Instructor license and Cosmetology Esthetician Instructor licenses for Respondent are both revoked. Thanh Truc Pham is permanently restrained and enjoined from any association with a private beauty culture school or barber school (COS/BAR School), or assisting other in any manner, expressly or by implication, in associating with a COS/BAR school in the State of Texas and is permanently disassociated both now and in the future from any COS/BAR school in the State of Texas. Respondent's duration of permanent disassociation and injunction from COS/BAR schools will be lifelong. In exchange for the lifelong disassociation, the Department suspended the imposition of the agreed penalty of $365,200. If any material violation of this agreement should occur in the future, the penalty is no longer suspended, and Respondent shall immediately pay the agreed penalty of $365,200.

Respondents failed to provide each prospective student with a schedule of the tuition and other fees assessed, the Department is charging two (2) violations; Respondents failed to properly account for the hours granted to each student; Respondents failed to comply with an order previously issued by the Executive Director.

Cosmetology

HO, TU SI

City: PLANO
County: COLLIN
Zip Code: 75025

License #(s): 705196, 1515871
Complaint # COS20200005446

Date: 9/25/2020

The Respondent's Cosmetology Private Post-Secondary School license is revoked. The Respondent's Cosmetology Manicurist Instructor license is revoked. Respondent, Tu Si Ho, is permanently restrained and enjoined from any association with a private beauty culture school or barber school (COS/BAR School), or assisting other in any manner, expressly or by implication, in associating with a COS/BAR school in the State of Texas, and permanently disassociated both now and in the future from any COS/BAR school in the State of Texas. Respondent's duration of permanent disassociation and injunction from COS/BAR schools will be lifelong. Should the Department review, and sole determine that any material violation of this agreement has occurred, the Department shall cease to suspend the imposition of the agreed penalty of $495,500.00 and Respondent shall immediately pay the agreed penalty of $495,500.00

Respondent failed to submit an electronic record of six (6) student's accrued clock hours once per month; Respondent failed to provide five (5) prospective students with a schedule of the tuition and other fees assessed; Respondent failed to have a licensed instructor at the school during operational hours - eighty-five (85) violations; Respondent failed to maintain a daily record of students? attendance - forty-nine (49) violations; Respondent failed to cooperate with the inspector in the performance of an inspection.

Cosmetology

PACIFIC BEAUTY ACADEMY INC
City: DALLAS
County: DALLAS
Zip Code: 75243

License #: 705199
Complaint # COS20170012926

Date: 9/12/2018

The Respondent's Cosmetology Private Post-Secondary license is revoked. Respondent is permanently restrained and enjoined from any association with a private beauty culture school or barber school (COS/BAR school), or assisting others in any manner, expressly or by implication, in associating with a COS/BAR school in the State of Texas, and he agrees to permanently dissociate himself, both now and in the future, from any COS/BAR school in the State of Texas; Respondent understands that the duration of his permanent disassociation and injunction from COS/BAR schools is lifelong.

Respondent submitted fraudulent hours to the Department on behalf of students who paid him for those hours.

Massage Therapy

SIMERSKEY, JIMMY

City: Cypress

County: Harris

Zip Code: 77060-3212

License #: MT129745 and MI3738

Complaint #: MAS20220002811

Date: 8/4/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $15,000; and Respondent's Massage Therapist and Massage Therapy Instructor licenses are revoked for the remainder of Respondent's lifetime.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client, the Department is charging 4 violations; Respondent failed to provide an initial consultation to each client before the first massage therapy session and obtain the signature of the client on the consultation document; Respondent failed to obtain an updated client consultation document after the client's reason for seeking massage therapy changed; Respondent made a misleading statement about the practice of massage therapy.

Massage Therapy

LU, DEFU

City: Brooklyn, NY

Zip Code: 11228-1051

License # MSP2103

Complaint #: MAS20210009872

Date: 8/7/22

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $2,500; and Respondent's Massage Student Permit is revoked. Respondent is permanently restrained from practicing massage therapy and/or owning a massage establishment for the remainder of Respondent's lifetime.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapist

PONCE, EMMANUEL

City: Houston

County: Harris

Zip Code: 77098-1591

License #: MT131532

Complaint #: MAS20220001827

Date: 5/23/2022

Respondent's Massage Therapist license is revoked. Respondent is permanently restrained and enjoined from offering and/or performing massage therapy and other massage services for the remainder of his lifetime. Respondent is permanently restrained and enjoined from owning and/or operating a Massage Establishment for the remainder of his lifetime.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapy

SALINAS, VICTOR R

City: ALLEN

County: COLLIN

Zip Code: 75002

License #: MT1094491

Complaint # MAS20180004054

Date: 9/1/2020

Respondent is assessed an administrative penalty in the amount of $2,500; and Respondent’s Massage Therapist license is revoked and that revocation is lifelong.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Massage Therapy

SALGADO, STING RAY

City: BEDFORD

County: TARRANT

Zip Code: 76095

License #: MT127734

Complaint # MAS20180006907

Date: 9/17/2019

Respondent's Massage Therapist license is revoked.

Respondent engaged in sexual contact during a session with a client.

Permanent Injunctions

License Type Name and Location Order Basis for Order

Air Conditioning & Refrigeration / Electrical Contractors

SMITH, DANNY BRYAN

City: SPRING

County: HARRIS

Zip Code: 77388

License: Not Licensed

Date: 9/12/2019

Defendant is immediately restrained from performing or offering to perform air conditioning and refrigeration services without a license, and from performing or offering to perform non-exempt electrical services without a license.

Defendant refused to stop performing, and offering to perfuming, air conditioning and refrigeration services and electrical services without a license. He failed to submit to department efforts to cease his operations and we proceeded to the District Court for Injunctive Relief.

Electrical Contractors

HOLLOWAY, JOSHUA J

City: SPRING

County: HARRIS

Zip Code: 77381

License: Not Licensed

Date: 6/11/2018

Respondent is immediately ordered to cease and desist from acting as, impersonating, performing or offering to perform work as an electrical contractor.

Respondent performed and/or offered to perform electrical contracting without first obtaining the required electrical contractor's license.