Bill Text: TX SB1088 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of cosmetology.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-24 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [SB1088 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1088-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1088 | |
| (Goldman) | ||
| Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1088: No. | ||
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| relating to the regulation of cosmetology. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1602.254, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) The hours of instruction required under Subsection | ||
| (b)(3) may be fulfilled wholly or partly through credit hours. The | ||
| commission by rule shall establish a method for fairly equating | ||
| credit hours with clock hours of instruction. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1603.102, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1603.102. SANITATION RULES. (a) The commission shall | ||
| establish sanitation rules to prevent the spread of an infectious | ||
| or contagious disease. | ||
| (b) The rules adopted under this section applicable to an | ||
| individual or facility regulated under Chapter 1602 must be | ||
| consistent with the standards and terminology related to safety and | ||
| sanitation that are commonly used in the cosmetology industry. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 1603.256(c), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The following persons may administer a practical | ||
| examination required under this subchapter: | ||
| (1) the department; [ |
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| (2) a person with whom the department contracts under | ||
| Section 1603.252; or | ||
| (3) a private beauty culture school or a vocational | ||
| cosmetology program in a public school licensed under Chapter 1602. | ||
| SECTION 4. Not later than March 1, 2018, the Texas | ||
| Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules as | ||
| necessary to implement Section 1602.254(b-1), Occupations Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, and Section 1603.256(c), Occupations Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 1603.256(c), Occupations Code, applies only to a practical | ||
| examination administered on or after September 1, 2018. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
