Bill Text: TX HB1169 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the practice of chiropractic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB1169 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1169-Introduced.html
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By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 1169 |
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relating to the practice of chiropractic. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 201.002(b), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A person practices chiropractic under this chapter if | ||
the person: | ||
(1) uses objective or subjective means to analyze, | ||
examine, or evaluate the biomechanical condition of the spine and | ||
musculoskeletal system of the human body or the condition of | ||
another system of the human body that is affected by the | ||
musculoskeletal system; | ||
(2) performs nonsurgical, nonincisive procedures, | ||
including adjustment and manipulation, to improve the subluxation | ||
complex or the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system or the | ||
condition of another system of the human body that is affected by | ||
the musculoskeletal system; | ||
(3) represents to the public that the person is a | ||
chiropractor; or | ||
(4) uses the term "chiropractor," "chiropractic," | ||
"doctor of chiropractic," "D.C.," or any derivative of those terms | ||
or initials in connection with the person's name. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |