By Ramsay                                             H.B. No. 2470
         76R8178 JMM-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the regulation of registered veterinary nurses.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 2(10), The Veterinary Licensing Act
 1-5     (Article 8890, Revised Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
 1-6                 (10)  "Registered veterinary nurse [technician]" means
 1-7     a person who works under the supervision of a licensee and who
 1-8     fulfills the  requirements established by an organization approved
 1-9     by the Board.
1-10           SECTION 2.  Section 7(c), The Veterinary Licensing Act
1-11     (Article 8890, Revised Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-12           (c)  The Board may adopt rules for the use of registered
1-13     veterinary nurses [technicians] working under the supervision of a
1-14     licensee.
1-15           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-16           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-17     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-18     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-19     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-20     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.