Amend SB 1525 by inserting the following SECTION to the bill,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  The Licensed Dietitian Act (Article 4512h,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by adding Section 15A to
read as follows:
      Sec. 15A.  CONSTRUCTION OF ACT.  (a)  In this section,
"giving advice concerning nutrition" or "providing nutritional
advice" means giving information on the use and role of food and
food ingredients, including dietary supplements. 
      (b)  Subject to Section 15 of this Act, a person who gives
advice concerning nutrition or provides nutritional advice, without
receiving compensation for the advice, is not required to be
licensed under this Act.
      (c)  This section does not grant a person authority to:
            (1)  practice medicine or dietetics;
            (2)  prevent, treat, or cure a disease, pain,  injury,
deformity, or  physical or mental condition; or
            (3)  represent that any product might cure a disease,
disorder, or condition.