S.B. No. 1753

	AN ACT
	relating to the identification requirements of certain health care
	providers associated with a hospital.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 241.009, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
	(c)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(3), the identification
	badge of a health care provider licensed under Title 3, Occupations
	Code, must clearly state:
	(1)  "physician," if the provider holds a license under
	Subtitle B of that title;
	(2)  "chiropractor," "podiatrist," "midwife,"
	"physician assistant," "acupuncturist," or "surgical assistant,"
	as applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle C of
	that title;
	(3)  "dentist" or "dental hygienist," as applicable, if
	the provider holds a license under Subtitle D of that title;
	(4)  "licensed vocational nurse," "registered nurse,"
	"nurse practitioner," "nurse midwife," "nurse anesthetist," or
	"clinical nurse specialist," as applicable, if the provider holds a
	license under Subtitle E of that title;
	(5)  "optometrist," or "therapeutic optometrist," as
	applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle F of that
	title;
	(6)  "speech-language pathologist" or "audiologist,"
	as applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle G of
	that title;
	(7)  "physical therapist," "occupational therapist,"
	or "massage therapist," as applicable, if the provider holds a
	license under Subtitle H of that title;
	(8)  "medical radiologic technologist," "medical
	physicist," "perfusionist," "respiratory care practitioner,"
	"orthotist," or "prosthetist," as applicable, if the provider holds
	a license or certificate, as appropriate, under Subtitle K of that
	title; and
	(9)  "dietitian," if the provider holds a license under
	Subtitle M of that title.
	(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a hospital licensed
	under this chapter is not required to list the type of license held
	by a provider on a health care provider's photo identification
	badge until September 1, 2019.  This subsection expires September
	1, 2020.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1753 passed the Senate on
	April 15, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1753 passed the House on
	May 8, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 115, Nays 21, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor