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Senate Bill 39 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
House Sponsor: Goolsby |
Senate Bill 39 amends the Occupations Code to allow a physician who is applying for a license renewal and whose practice includes treating patients in an emergency room to complete two hours of continuing medical education relating to forensic evidence collection. The bill also requires a nurse who works in an emergency room and who is subject to continuing education requirements as a condition of license renewal to complete at least two hours of continuing education relating to forensic evidence collection not later than September 1, 2008, or the second anniversary of the initial license issue.