89R5470 DNC-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 627
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 701.151(b), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission or the department, as appropriate,
  shall:
               (1)  adopt and publish a code of ethics;
               (2)  establish the qualifications [and fitness] of
  applicants for licenses, including renewed and reciprocal
  licenses; and
               (3)  request and receive any necessary assistance from
  state educational institutions or other state agencies.
         SECTION 2.  Section 701.251(b), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  Unless the person holds an appropriate license issued
  under this chapter, a person may not:
               (1)  use the title or represent or imply that the person
  has the title "licensed dietitian" [or "provisional licensed
  dietitian"] or use the letters "LD" [or "PLD"]; or
               (2)  use a facsimile of that title [those titles] to
  indicate or imply that the person is a licensed dietitian [or
  provisional licensed dietitian].
         SECTION 3.  Section 701.304, Occupations Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 701.304.  GROUNDS FOR REFUSING RENEWAL.  The commission
  or department may refuse to renew the license of a person who fails
  to pay an administrative penalty imposed against the person under
  Subchapter F, Chapter 51 [K], unless enforcement of the penalty is
  stayed or a court has ordered that the administrative penalty is not
  owed.
         SECTION 4.  The following provisions of the Occupations Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Section 701.002(9);
               (2)  Section 701.1511; and
               (3)  Section 701.403.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.