Bill Text: TX HB2156 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from licensing requirements for physicians associated with certain sports teams.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Public Health [HB2156 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2156-Introduced.html
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| By: Guerra | H.B. No. 2156 | |
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| relating to an exemption from licensing requirements for physicians | ||
| associated with certain sports teams. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 151, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 151.0521 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 151.0521. EXEMPTION FOR SPORTS TEAM PHYSICIAN. A | ||
| person is exempt from the licensing requirements of this subtitle | ||
| and may engage in the practice of medicine in this state if the | ||
| person: | ||
| (1) is employed or designated as a team physician by a | ||
| sports team visiting this state for a specific sporting event; | ||
| (2) is licensed to practice medicine in the team's home | ||
| state; and | ||
| (3) limits the person's practice of medicine in this | ||
| state to treating, during the period beginning on the date the team | ||
| arrives in this state for the event and ending on the 10th day after | ||
| the date of the event: | ||
| (A) the members, coaches, and staff of the team; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) a family member of a person described by | ||
| Paragraph (A) if the family member is visiting this state for the | ||
| event. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 451.003, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 451.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply | ||
| to: | ||
| (1) a physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board or | ||
| engaged in the practice of medicine as authorized by Section | ||
| 151.0521; | ||
| (2) a dentist, licensed under the laws of this state, | ||
| engaged in the practice of dentistry; | ||
| (3) a licensed optometrist or therapeutic optometrist | ||
| engaged in the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry as | ||
| defined by statute; | ||
| (4) an occupational therapist engaged in the practice | ||
| of occupational therapy; | ||
| (5) a nurse engaged in the practice of nursing; | ||
| (6) a licensed podiatrist engaged in the practice of | ||
| podiatry as defined by statute; | ||
| (7) a physical therapist engaged in the practice of | ||
| physical therapy; | ||
| (8) a registered massage therapist engaged in the | ||
| practice of massage therapy; | ||
| (9) a commissioned or contract physician, physical | ||
| therapist, or physical therapist assistant in the United States | ||
| Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service; or | ||
| (10) an athletic trainer who does not live in this | ||
| state, who is licensed, registered, or certified by an authority | ||
| recognized by the department, and who provides athletic training in | ||
| this state for a period determined by the department. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
