Bill Text: TX HB1161 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the licensing requirement for certain persons who measure or fit orthoses under the supervision of certain licensed health care practitioners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1161-Introduced.html
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| By: S. Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 1161 | |
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| relating to an exemption from the licensing requirement for certain | ||
| persons who measure or fit orthoses under the supervision of | ||
| certain licensed health care practitioners. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 605, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 605.306 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 605.306. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SUPERVISED PERSONS. | ||
| This chapter does not apply to a person who measures or fits an | ||
| orthosis under the supervision of: | ||
| (1) a physician practicing under Subtitle B; or | ||
| (2) a person described by Section 605.303. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
