75R8255 GJH-F
By Madla S.B. No. 1243
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1243:
By Berlanga C.S.S.B. No. 1243
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the regulation of perfusionists.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 17, Article 4529e, Revised Statutes, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 17. EXEMPTIONS. This article does not apply to:
1-7 (1) a person licensed by another health professional
1-8 licensing board if:
1-9 (A) the person does not represent to the public,
1-10 directly or indirectly, that the person is licensed under this
1-11 article, and does not use any name, title, or designation
1-12 indicating that the person is licensed under this article; and
1-13 (B) the person confines the person's acts or
1-14 practice to the scope of practice authorized by the other health
1-15 professional licensing laws;
1-16 (2) a student enrolled in an accredited perfusion
1-17 education program if perfusion services performed by the student:
1-18 (A) are an integral part of the student's course
1-19 of study; and
1-20 (B) are performed under the direct supervision
1-21 of a licensed perfusionist assigned to supervise the student and
1-22 who is on duty and immediately available in the assigned patient
1-23 care area;
1-24 (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.
2-26 SECTION 2. Section 9(b), Article 4529e, Revised Statutes, is
2-27 repealed.
3-1 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-2 (b) The repeal of Section 9(b), Article 4529e, Revised
3-3 Statutes, by this Act applies only to fees that become due on or
3-4 after the effective date of this Act. Fees that become due before
3-5 the effective date of this Act are governed by the law in effect on
3-6 the day the fees became due, and the former law is continued in
3-7 effect for that purpose.
3-8 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.