By:  Madla                                             S.B. No. 608
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to provisional certification of certain emergency medical
    1-2  personnel.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
    1-5  Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0551 to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 773.0551.  PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The department
    1-7  may issue a provisional certificate to a person who:
    1-8              (1)  has not taken the examination for certification;
    1-9              (2)  is enrolled in an approved certification training
   1-10  program; and
   1-11              (3)  possesses the qualifications for provisional
   1-12  certification required by rules adopted by the board.
   1-13        (b)  A person who holds a provisional certificate may only
   1-14  provide emergency medical services permitted under rules adopted by
   1-15  the board.  The person may only provide emergency medical services
   1-16  under the supervision of a program instructor or other person
   1-17  designated by board rule.
   1-18        (c)  A provisional certificate is valid until the earlier of:
   1-19              (1)  the date on which the holder receives a
   1-20  certificate under Section 773.055(e);
   1-21              (2)  the date on which the holder receives notice of
   1-22  failure of the holder's examination for certification; or
   1-23              (3)  the first date on which the holder is no longer
    2-1  enrolled in an approved certification training program and has not
    2-2  completed the program.
    2-3        (d)  The board shall adopt rules providing standards for the
    2-4  supervision to be provided by an instructor or other designated
    2-5  person for a provisional certificate holder under this section.
    2-6        SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
    2-7        (b)  The Texas Board of Health shall adopt rules under this
    2-8  Act not later than December 31, 1995.
    2-9        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-10  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-11  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-12  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-13  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.