By:  Carona                                            S.B. No. 144
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the qualifications for a license or provisional license
 1-3     to practice chiropractic.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 201.309, Occupations Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
 1-7           (g)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(A), an applicant who
 1-8     was originally licensed to practice chiropractic in another state
 1-9     or foreign country before August 1, 1979, is not ineligible for a
1-10     provisional license because the state or foreign country did not
1-11     have a licensing requirement substantially equivalent to the
1-12     requirements of Section 201.302(a)(3).
1-13           SECTION 2.  Section 201.310, Occupations Code, is amended by
1-14     adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-15           (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), an applicant who was
1-16     originally licensed to practice chiropractic in another state or
1-17     foreign country before August 1, 1979, is not ineligible for a
1-18     license because the applicant has not met the requirements of
1-19     Section 201.302(a)(3).
1-20           SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-21           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to the
1-22     eligibility for a license or provisional license to practice
1-23     chiropractic of a person who files an application on or after the
1-24     effective date of this Act.  The eligibility for a license or
1-25     provisional license to practice chiropractic of a person who files
 2-1     an application before the effective date of this Act is governed by
 2-2     the law in effect on the date the application is filed, and the
 2-3     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
 2-4                          COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
 2-5           Amend S.B. No. 144 as follows:
 2-6           (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 301.309(g),
 2-7     Occupations Code, between "201.302(a)(3)" and the period (Senate
 2-8     Engrossment page 1, line 12), insert the following:
 2-9     "if the applicant has at least 20 years' experience in the practice
2-10     of chiropractic.  A person to whom a provisional license is issued
2-11     under this subsection must comply with the requirements of Section
2-12     201.302(a)(3) not later than the third anniversary of the date the
2-13     provisional license is issued".
2-14           (2)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (Senate Engrossment page 1,
2-15     lines 13-19) and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly.
2-16           (3)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike Subsection (b) (Senate
2-17     Engrossment page 1, line 21, through page 2, line 3) and substitute
2-18     the following:
2-19           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to the
2-20     eligibility for a provisional license to practice chiropractic of a
2-21     person who files an application on or after the effective date of
2-22     this Act.  The eligibility for a provisional license to practice
2-23     chiropractic of a person who files an application before the
2-24     effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
2-25     date the application is filed, and the former law is continued in
2-26     effect for that purpose.
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