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.