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AN ACT
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relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 701.151(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The commission or the department, as appropriate, |
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shall: |
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(1) adopt and publish a code of ethics; |
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(2) establish the qualifications [and fitness] of |
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applicants for licenses, including renewed and reciprocal |
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licenses; and |
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(3) request and receive any necessary assistance from |
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state educational institutions or other state agencies. |
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SECTION 2. Section 701.251(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) Unless the person holds an appropriate license issued |
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under this chapter, a person may not: |
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(1) use the title or represent or imply that the person |
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has the title "licensed dietitian" [or "provisional licensed |
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dietitian"] or use the letters "LD" [or "PLD"]; or |
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(2) use a facsimile of that title [those titles] to |
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indicate or imply that the person is a licensed dietitian [or |
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provisional licensed dietitian]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 701.304, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 701.304. GROUNDS FOR REFUSING RENEWAL. The commission |
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or department may refuse to renew the license of a person who fails |
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to pay an administrative penalty imposed against the person under |
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Subchapter F, Chapter 51 [K], unless enforcement of the penalty is |
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stayed or a court has ordered that the administrative penalty is not |
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owed. |
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SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Occupations Code |
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are repealed: |
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(1) Section 701.002(9); |
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(2) Section 701.1511; and |
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(3) Section 701.403. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 627 passed the Senate on |
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March 11, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 627 passed the House on |
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May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 34, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |