Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 290.052. Qualification of Members of Commission

(1) be a United States citizen;

(2) be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term that the person is appointed to fill;

(3) have not been determined mentally incompetent by a final judgment of a court;

(4) have not been finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;

(5) have resided continuously in this state for 12 months and in the county in which the district is located for six months immediately preceding the date of the appointment; and

(6) be a person knowledgeable in the field of health care.