Bill Text: TX SB674 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to licensing for certain health professions, including an expedited process for certain physicians specializing in psychiatry; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB674 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB674-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 674 |
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relating to licensing for certain health professions, including an | ||
expedited process for certain physicians specializing in | ||
psychiatry; authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 155.010 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 155.010. EXPEDITED LICENSING PROCESS FOR PHYSICIANS | ||
SPECIALIZING IN PSYCHIATRY. (a) The board by rule shall create an | ||
expedited licensing process for an applicant who: | ||
(1) holds an unrestricted license to practice medicine | ||
issued by another state; | ||
(2) is board certified in psychiatry by the American | ||
Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Osteopathic Board | ||
of Neurology and Psychiatry; and | ||
(3) is not ineligible under Section 155.003(e). | ||
(b) The expedited licensing process must include a | ||
procedure for the board to screen applications under this subtitle | ||
to determine whether an applicant would be eligible for the | ||
expedited licensing process under this section. | ||
(c) The requirements for renewal of a registration permit | ||
for a license holder issued a license under this section may not be | ||
more stringent than the requirements for a license holder issued a | ||
license on a non-expedited basis. | ||
(d) The board may establish a fee for the expedited process. | ||
(e) This section expires January 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 155.056, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), an [ |
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applicant must pass each part of an examination within three | ||
attempts. | ||
(a-1) The limit on the number of examination attempts under | ||
Subsection (a) does not apply to the Texas medical jurisprudence | ||
examination. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 156, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 156.010 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 156.010. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The | ||
board may refuse to renew a registration permit issued under this | ||
chapter if the license holder is in violation of a board order. | ||
SECTION 4. The heading to Section 205.251, Occupations | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 205.251. [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 205.251(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The medical board by rule shall provide for the annual | ||
or biennial renewal of a license to practice acupuncture. | ||
SECTION 6. Subchapter F, Chapter 205, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 205.256 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 205.256. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The | ||
acupuncture board may refuse to renew a license issued under this | ||
chapter if the license holder is in violation of an acupuncture | ||
board order. | ||
SECTION 7. Subchapter E, Chapter 206, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 206.215 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 206.215. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The | ||
medical board may refuse to renew a license issued under this | ||
chapter if the license holder is in violation of a medical board | ||
order. | ||
SECTION 8. Subchapter C, Chapter 601, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 601.113 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 601.113. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The | ||
advisory board may refuse to renew a certificate issued under this | ||
chapter if the certificate holder is in violation of an advisory | ||
board order. | ||
SECTION 9. Section 601.155, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 601.155. STUDENTS. A person is not required to hold a | ||
certificate issued under this chapter [ |
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person: | ||
(1) is a student enrolled in a training program that | ||
meets the minimum standards adopted under Section 601.201; and | ||
(2) is performing a radiologic procedure in an | ||
academic or clinical setting as part of the training program. | ||
SECTION 10. Section 601.156, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 601.156. PROCEDURE PERFORMED AS PART OF CONTINUING | ||
EDUCATION PROGRAM. A person is not required to hold a certificate | ||
issued under this chapter [ |
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(1) licensed or otherwise registered as a medical | ||
radiologic technologist by another state, the American Registry of | ||
Radiologic Technologists, the American Registry of Clinical | ||
Radiography Technologists, or a professional organization or | ||
association recognized by the advisory board; | ||
(2) enrolled in a continuing education program that | ||
meets the requirements adopted under Section 601.108; and | ||
(3) performing a radiologic procedure as part of the | ||
continuing education program for not more than 10 days. | ||
SECTION 11. Section 601.203(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The following conditions are considered to be a hardship | ||
for the purposes of Subsection (a): | ||
(1) that the applicant: | ||
(A) reports an inability to attract and retain | ||
medical radiologic technologists; and | ||
(B) is located in a county with a population of | ||
less than 50,000; | ||
(2) that the applicant is located at a great distance | ||
from a school of medical radiologic technology; | ||
(3) that there is a list of qualified persons who have | ||
applied to a school of medical radiologic technology whose | ||
admissions are pending because of a lack of faculty or space; | ||
(4) that the school of medical radiologic technology | ||
produces an insufficient number of graduates in medical radiologic | ||
technology to meet the needs of the applicant; or | ||
(5) any other criteria determined by advisory board | ||
rule. | ||
SECTION 12. Sections 601.252(c) and (d), Occupations Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Rules adopted under this section by the State Board of | ||
Dental Examiners must: | ||
(1) require an authorized person who performs | ||
radiologic procedures under the delegation of a dentist, other than | ||
a registered nurse, to register with the dental board [ |
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(2) establish reasonable and necessary fees to cover | ||
the administrative costs incurred by the dental board [ |
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administering a registration program created under this | ||
subsection; | ||
(3) establish grounds for the suspension, revocation, | ||
or nonrenewal of a registration issued under this subsection; and | ||
(4) establish standards, in addition to those required | ||
by this chapter, for training and supervising the operators of the | ||
equipment. | ||
(d) In adopting rules under Subsection (c), the State Board | ||
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radiologic procedure will be performed by a registered nurse. | ||
SECTION 13. Subchapter E, Chapter 602, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 602.214 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 602.214. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The | ||
medical board may refuse to renew a license issued under this | ||
chapter if the license holder is in violation of a medical board | ||
order. | ||
SECTION 14. Section 603.252(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) An applicant for a perfusionist license must submit an | ||
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SECTION 15. Subchapter G, Chapter 603, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 603.306 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 603.306. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The | ||
medical board may refuse to renew a license issued under this | ||
chapter if the license holder is in violation of a medical board | ||
order. | ||
SECTION 16. Subchapter D, Chapter 604, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 604.158 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 604.158. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The | ||
advisory board may refuse to renew a certificate or temporary | ||
permit issued under this chapter if the certificate or permit | ||
holder is in violation of an advisory board order. | ||
SECTION 17. The Texas Medical Board shall create and | ||
implement the expedited licensing process under Section 155.010, | ||
Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, | ||
2018. | ||
SECTION 18. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 674 passed the Senate on | ||
March 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 674 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, | ||
Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |