Bill Text: TX HB2203 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the practice of chiropractic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to Public Health [HB2203 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2203-Introduced.html
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By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 2203 |
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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, | ||
diagnose, examine, or evaluate the biomechanical condition of the | ||
spine and musculoskeletal system of the human body; | ||
(2) performs nonsurgical, nonincisive procedures, | ||
including adjustment and manipulation, to improve the subluxation | ||
complex or the biomechanics of 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 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, 2017. |