Bill Text: TX HB2703 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of orthotists and prosthetists.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2703 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2703-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2703 |
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relating to the regulation of orthotists and prosthetists. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 605.002(14) and (18), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(14) "Orthotics" means the science and practice of | ||
measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, | ||
or servicing an orthosis under an order from a licensed physician, | ||
chiropractor, or podiatrist, or an advanced practice nurse or | ||
physician assistant acting under the delegation and supervision of | ||
a licensed physician as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157, and | ||
rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board, for the correction or | ||
alleviation of a neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction, | ||
disease, injury, or deformity. | ||
(18) "Prosthetics" means the science and practice of | ||
measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting, | ||
or servicing a prosthesis under an order from a licensed physician, | ||
chiropractor, or podiatrist, or an advanced practice nurse or | ||
physician assistant acting under the delegation and supervision of | ||
a licensed physician as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157, and | ||
rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 605.2515, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 605.2515. ADDITIONAL LICENSE: DEVICE MANUFACTURER. A | ||
person licensed to practice orthotics or prosthetics who measures, | ||
designs, fabricates, fits, assembles, adjusts, or services an | ||
orthosis or a prosthesis under an order from a licensed physician, | ||
chiropractor, or podiatrist, or an advanced practice nurse or | ||
physician assistant acting under the delegation and supervision of | ||
a licensed physician as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157, and | ||
rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board, for a specific patient is | ||
exempt from licensing as a device manufacturer under Subchapter L, | ||
Chapter 431, Health and Safety Code. A person licensed to practice | ||
orthotics or prosthetics who fabricates or assembles an orthosis or | ||
a prosthesis without an order from a licensed physician, | ||
chiropractor, or podiatrist, or an advanced practice nurse or | ||
physician assistant acting under the delegation and supervision of | ||
a licensed physician as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157, and | ||
rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board, for a specific patient is | ||
required to be licensed as a device manufacturer under Subchapter | ||
L, Chapter 431, Health and Safety Code. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2703 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2703 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |