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Senate Bill 202 |
Senate Author: Nelson et al. |
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Effective: See below |
House Sponsor: Price et al. |
Senate Bill 202 amends the Occupations Code and the Health and Safety Code, in provisions effective September 1, 2015, and September 1, 2017, to transfer the regulation of the following occupations to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) during the 2016-2017 biennium and the 2018-2019 biennium, as applicable: athletic trainers, dieticians, hearing instrument fitters and dispensers, midwives, orthotists and prosthetists, laser hair removal professionals and technicians, massage therapists, speech-language pathologists and audiologists, code enforcement officers, sanitarians, and mold assessors and remediators. The bill abolishes the existing boards associated with the regulation of these occupations and creates certain advisory boards and committees to provide advice and recommendations to TDLR on technical matters relevant to the regulation of each applicable occupation. The bill amends the Alcoholic Beverage Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Transportation Code to transfer responsibility for certain alcohol and drug awareness and abuse programs to TDLR.
Effective September 1, 2015, the bill amends the Occupations Code to transfer the regulation of medical radiologic technologists, medical physicists, perfusionists, and respiratory care practitioners to the Texas Medical Board. The bill abolishes the Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists and the Texas State Perfusionist Advisory Committee and creates the Texas Board of Medical Radiologic Technology, the Medical Physicist Licensure Advisory Committee, the Perfusionist Licensure Advisory Committee, and the Texas Board of Respiratory Care as advisory boards to the Texas Medical Board. The bill creates the Texas Physician Assistant Board to adopt rules governing licensed physician assistants performing radiologic procedures. The bill amends the Government Code, Health and Safety Code, and Occupations Code to deregulate the following activities and occupations: activities relating to the indoor air quality of government buildings, the rendering of dead animals or other raw materials, tanning facilities, the sale of bedding, bottled or vended drinking water operators, personal emergency response systems, opticians, and contact lens dispensers.