By Lucio S.B. No. 676 76R5478 JMM-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the regulation of the practice of spinal manipulation 1-3 by certain health care providers; providing a penalty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: 1-6 (1) "Health care provider" means a person licensed by 1-7 a state agency to provide health care services. 1-8 (2) "License" includes a certificate, registration, 1-9 permit, or any other form of authorization issued by a state agency 1-10 to engage in a regulated activity. 1-11 (3) "Spinal manipulation" means the adjustment, 1-12 manipulation, or movement of the articulations of the human spine 1-13 into or beyond a paraphysiological range of motion to restore 1-14 mobility, correct the vertebral subluxation complex or spinal 1-15 biomedical dysfunction, and restore the health, movement, or 1-16 position of the affected segment of the spine and any component of 1-17 the nervous system that may be involved. 1-18 (4) "State agency" means a department, board, bureau, 1-19 commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of the 1-20 state. 1-21 SECTION 2. PERFORMANCE OF SPINAL MANIPULATION. A person may 1-22 perform spinal manipulation only if the person is a physician, 1-23 including an osteopath, or a chiropractor licensed in this state. 1-24 SECTION 3. SANCTIONS. A health care provider who violates 2-1 this Act is subject to suspension or revocation of the person's 2-2 license, refusal to renew the person's license, or any other 2-3 disciplinary action authorized by law. 2-4 SECTION 4. OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the 2-5 person is not a health care provider and the person performs a 2-6 spinal manipulation for compensation or an expectation of 2-7 compensation. 2-8 (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third 2-9 degree. 2-10 SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September 2-11 1, 1999. 2-12 SECTION 6. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 2-13 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.