AN ACT
1-1 relating to the regulation of perfusionists.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 17, Licensed Perfusionists Act (Article
1-4 4529e, Revised Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-5 Sec. 17. EXEMPTIONS. This article does not apply to:
1-6 (1) a person licensed by another health professional
1-7 licensing board if:
1-8 (A) the person does not represent to the public,
1-9 directly or indirectly, that the person is licensed under this
1-10 article, and does not use any name, title, or designation
1-11 indicating that the person is licensed under this article; and
1-12 (B) the person confines the person's acts or
1-13 practice to the scope of practice authorized by the other health
1-14 professional licensing laws;
1-15 (2) a student enrolled in an accredited perfusion
1-16 education program if perfusion services performed by the student:
1-17 (A) are an integral part of the student's course
1-18 of study; and
1-19 (B) are performed under the direct supervision
1-20 of a licensed perfusionist assigned to supervise the student and
1-21 who is on duty and immediately available in the assigned patient
1-22 care area;
1-23 (3) a person who has successfully completed an
2-1 approved perfusion education program but who has not been issued a
2-2 license as a provisional licensed perfusionist in accordance with
2-3 the provisions of Section 14 of this article and:
2-4 (A) is at all times in compliance with the
2-5 provisions of Section 14(b) of this article; and
2-6 (B) receives a license as a provisional licensed
2-7 perfusionist within 180 days of the date upon which the person
2-8 successfully completed an approved perfusion education program;
2-9 (4) a [the practice of any] legally qualified
2-10 perfusionist employed by the United States government while in the
2-11 discharge of official duties; or
2-12 (5) a person who is not a resident of this state if:
2-13 (A) the person is authorized to perform the
2-14 activities and services of perfusion under the laws of the state of
2-15 the person's residence and is found by the board to possess
2-16 educational and training qualifications substantially similar to
2-17 those required of persons qualified to practice in this state; and
2-18 (B) the person notifies the board of the
2-19 person's intent, and the person is approved by the board or its
2-20 designated agent, to perform the [such] activities and services of
2-21 a perfusionist [are performed] for a period not to exceed 10 [more
2-22 than 30] days in any one year; or
2-23 (6) a person performing autotransfusion or blood
2-24 conservation techniques under the supervision of a licensed
2-25 physician.
3-1 SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 9, Licensed Perfusionists
3-2 Act (Article 4529e, Revised Statutes), is repealed.
3-3 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-4 (b) The repeal of Subsection (b), Section 9, Licensed
3-5 Perfusionists Act (Article 4529e, Revised Statutes), by this Act
3-6 applies only to fees that become due on or after the effective date
3-7 of this Act. Fees that become due before the effective date of
3-8 this Act are governed by the law in effect on the day the fees
3-9 became due, and the former law is continued in effect for that
3-10 purpose.
3-11 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
S.B. No. 1243
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1243 passed the Senate on
April 14, 1997, by a viva-voce vote; and that the Senate concurred
in House amendment on May 9, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.
_______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1243 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 7, 1997, by a non-record vote.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor