Bill Text: TX SB505 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the licensing requirement for certain persons who measure or fit orthoses under the supervision of a physician.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB505 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB505-Engrossed.html
By: Deuell | S.B. No. 505 |
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relating to an exemption from the licensing requirement for certain | ||
persons who measure or fit orthoses under the supervision of a | ||
physician. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 605, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 605.306 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 605.306. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SUPERVISED PERSONS. | ||
(a) This chapter does not apply to a person who measures or fits an | ||
orthosis under the supervision of a physician practicing under | ||
Subtitle B. | ||
(b) The exemption provided by this section does not apply to | ||
the measuring and fitting of a custom-fabricated device if the | ||
measuring and fitting requires substantial clinical judgment as | ||
determined by the treating physician. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |