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House Bill 2627 |
House Author: Zedler |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Eltife |
House Bill 2627 amends the Occupations Code to authorize the Texas Optometry Board to issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint filed under the Texas Optometry Act. The bill prohibits a remedial plan from containing a provision that revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person's license or other authorization to practice optometry or therapeutic optometry or that assesses an administrative penalty against a person and from being imposed or issued to resolve certain specified complaints. The bill provides for the removal of all records of a remedial plan from the board's records if a license holder successfully completes the terms of the plan, authorizes the board to assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan, and requires the board to adopt rules necessary to implement the bill's provisions not later than January 1, 2014.