By: Wilson H.B. No. 1457 73R6034 DLF-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to prohibiting hospital employees and medical staff from 1-3 wearing surgical attire or hospital uniforms on the premises of 1-4 certain food-related businesses. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 241, Health and Safety 1-7 Code, is amended by adding Section 241.105 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 241.105. SURGICAL ATTIRE AND HOSPITAL UNIFORMS 1-9 PROHIBITED ON PREMISES OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES. (a) Except as 1-10 provided by Subsection (b), an employee of a hospital or a member 1-11 of the medical staff may not wear any item of surgical attire or a 1-12 hospital uniform on the premises of a food-related business. 1-13 (b) An employee of a hospital or a member of the medical 1-14 staff may wear an item of surgical attire or a hospital uniform on 1-15 the premises of a food-related business if necessary to respond to 1-16 a medical emergency. 1-17 (c) The board shall adopt rules to enforce this section. 1-18 (d) In this section: 1-19 (1) "Food-related business" means a restaurant, 1-20 grocery store, or other business the primary purpose of which is to 1-21 sell or serve food to the public. 1-22 (2) "Surgical attire" means any item of clothing or 1-23 protective apparel designed for use by employees and members of 1-24 medical staff during surgery or other medical procedures, including 2-1 surgical scrubs and similar items of apparel. 2-2 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and 2-3 applies only to the wearing of surgical attire or hospital uniforms 2-4 on or after January 1, 1994. 2-5 (b) Not later than December 31, 1993, the Texas Board of 2-6 Health shall adopt rules under Section 241.105, Health and Safety 2-7 Code, as added by this Act. 2-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.