Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 102.106. Conflict of Interest

(1) is a member of the board of directors, another governing board, or any committee of the entity, or of a foundation or similar organization affiliated with the entity, during the same grant cycle;

(2) serves as an elected or appointed officer of the entity or of a foundation or similar organization affiliated with the entity;

(3) is an employee of or is negotiating future employment with the entity or with a foundation or similar organization affiliated with the entity;

(4) represents the entity or a foundation or similar organization affiliated with the entity;

(5) is a professional associate of a primary member of the entity's research or prevention program team;

(6) is, or within the preceding six years has been, a student, postdoctoral associate, or part of a laboratory research group for a primary member of the entity's research or prevention program team;

(7) is engaged or is actively planning to be engaged in collaboration with a primary member of the entity's research or prevention program team; or

(8) has long-standing scientific differences or disagreements with a primary member of the entity's research or prevention program team, and those differences:

(1) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, an ownership interest, including sharing in profits, proceeds, or capital gains, in an entity receiving or applying to receive money from the institute or in a foundation or similar organization affiliated with the entity; or

(2) could reasonably foresee that an action taken by the institute, a research and prevention programs committee, the program integration committee, or the oversight committee could result in a financial benefit to the person.