Bill Text: TX SB1324 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility for and emergency suspension of a license relating to massage therapy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1324-Introduced.html
| 85R11880 JCG-D | ||
| By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1324 | |
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| relating to the eligibility for and emergency suspension of a | ||
| license relating to massage therapy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 455.1525, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) An applicant is not eligible for a license under this | ||
| chapter if the applicant has been finally convicted of an offense | ||
| involving family violence, as defined by Section 71.004, Family | ||
| Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 455, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 455.255 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 455.255. ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR EMERGENCY SUSPENSION. | ||
| If a license holder is arrested for a sexual offense, the arrest is | ||
| considered an emergency requiring immediate action to protect the | ||
| public health and safety under Section 51.3511. The executive | ||
| director may issue an emergency order to suspend the license of the | ||
| license holder in accordance with that section. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 455.1525, Occupations Code, applies only to an application for a | ||
| license submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| application for a license submitted before that date is governed by | ||
| the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 455.255, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to an arrest of a license holder that occurs | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. An arrest that occurs | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect on the date of the arrest. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
