Bill Text: TX HB1551 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the elimination of the licensing and registration requirements for ringside physicians and timekeepers for combative sports events.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1551 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1551-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Vo | H.B. No. 1551 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1551: | |||
By: Guillen | C.S.H.B. No. 1551 |
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relating to the elimination of the licensing and registration | ||
requirements for ringside physicians and timekeepers for combative | ||
sports events. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2052.002(20), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(20) "Ringside physician" means an individual who has | ||
an unrestricted and unlimited license [ |
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medicine in this state and who, by agreement, is assigned as the | ||
physician for a combative sports event [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 2052.052(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission may adopt rules: | ||
(1) governing boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, or | ||
mixed martial arts contests and exhibitions; | ||
(2) establishing reasonable qualifications for an | ||
applicant seeking a license or registration from the department | ||
under this chapter; | ||
(3) recognizing a sanction, medical suspension, or | ||
disqualification of a licensee or registrant by a combative sports | ||
authority in any state, provided that if licensure or registration | ||
is denied based on those actions, an applicant has an opportunity | ||
for a hearing as prescribed by rule; | ||
(4) establishing selection criteria and procedures | ||
for the assignment of individuals who agree to act as ringside | ||
physicians and timekeepers for combative sports events [ |
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(5) requiring a contestant to present with an | ||
application for licensure or license renewal documentation of | ||
recent blood test results that demonstrate whether the contestant | ||
is free from hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human | ||
immunodeficiency virus, and any other communicable disease | ||
designated by commission rule and providing that a contestant's | ||
failure to provide the required blood test results disqualifies the | ||
contestant; | ||
(6) providing that to participate in any event a | ||
contestant must be free of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, | ||
human immunodeficiency virus, and any other communicable disease | ||
designated by rule; | ||
(7) requiring that a contestant present with an | ||
application for licensure or license renewal documentation of the | ||
results of a physical examination, including an ophthalmologic | ||
examination, and providing for disqualification of a contestant who | ||
is determined by an examining physician to be unfit; | ||
(8) establishing additional responsibilities for | ||
promoters; and | ||
(9) governing regulated amateur events. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 2052.107, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2052.107. OTHER COMBATIVE SPORTS LICENSES. Unless a | ||
person holds a license or registration issued under this chapter, | ||
the person may not act as a combative sports: | ||
(1) professional contestant; | ||
(2) manager of a professional contestant; | ||
(3) referee; | ||
(4) judge; | ||
(5) second; | ||
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SECTION 4. (a) A disciplinary or administrative proceeding | ||
pending under Chapter 51 or 2052, Occupations Code, that is related | ||
to a violation of licensing or registration requirements for a | ||
timekeeper or ringside physician under Chapter 2052, Occupations | ||
Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date | ||
of this Act, is dismissed. | ||
(b) An administrative penalty assessed by the Texas | ||
Commission of Licensing and Regulation or the executive director of | ||
the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Chapter | ||
2052, Occupations Code, related to a violation of Chapter 2052, | ||
Occupations Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, may be collected as provided by Chapter | ||
51, Occupations Code. | ||
(c) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the | ||
pending prosecution of an offense under Chapter 2052, Occupations | ||
Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date | ||
of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this | ||
Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was | ||
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. For purposes of this subsection, an offense was committed | ||
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense | ||
occurred before that date. | ||
(d) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this | ||
Act, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall return | ||
a prorated portion of the fee paid to the department for the | ||
issuance or renewal of the registration or license to a person who | ||
holds a valid registration as a ringside physician or timekeeper | ||
issued under Chapter 2052, Occupations Code, as that chapter | ||
existed immediately before the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |