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Senate Bill 1360 |
Senate Author: Harris et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Hunter et al. |
Senate Bill 1360 amends the Occupations Code to encourage certain licensed physicians and licensed nurses whose practices include the treatment of tick-borne diseases to participate in continuing education relating to the treatment of tick-borne diseases. The bill sets out requirements for the Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing in establishing the content for the continuing education and requires the respective board, if relevant, to consider the physician's or nurse's participation in an approved continuing education course if the physician or nurse is being investigated because of the physician's or nurse's selection of clinical care for the treatment of tick-borne diseases and the continuing education is completed not more than two years before the start of the investigation.