Bill Text: TX SB1088 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of cosmetology.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-24 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [SB1088 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1088-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of cosmetology.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-24 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [SB1088 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1088-Engrossed.html
By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1088 |
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relating to cosmetology licensing and sanitation requirements. | ||
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) A requirement under Subsection (b)(3) may be | ||
fulfilled, in whole or in part, by academic credit hours. The | ||
attribution of academic credit hours must be made in accordance | ||
with a formula, adopted by commission rule, that the commission | ||
determines fairly equates academic 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) Rules adopted under this section applicable to an | ||
individual or facility regulated under Chapter 1602 shall 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 this chapter | ||
or Chapter 1602. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
1603.256(c), Occupations Code, applies to an examination | ||
administered on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
examination administered before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the examination was | ||
administered, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |