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House Bill 4007 |
House Author: Kuempel |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 4007 amends the Occupations Code to remove certain barriers and redundancies with regard to the licensing and regulation of the following health-related occupations and professionals regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR): midwifery, speech-language pathologists and audiologists, hearing instrument fitters and dispensers, dyslexia practitioners and dyslexia therapists, athletic trainers, massage therapy, orthotists and prosthetists, dietitians, code enforcement officers, sanitarians, and mold assessors and remediators. Among other provisions, the bill creates the Massage Therapy Advisory Board to provide advice and recommendations to TDLR on technical matters relevant to the administration of statutory provisions relating to massage therapy and grants a midwife in attendance at childbirth who is unable to apply prophylaxis to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum due to the objection of the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of the newborn child immunity from any criminal, civil, or administrative liability and any professional disciplinary action for failure to administer the prophylaxis.