1-1     By:  Carona                                            S.B. No. 144
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed December 4, 2000; January 11, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
 1-4     Services; February 5, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; February 5, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the qualifications for a license or provisional license
 1-9     to practice chiropractic.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 201.309, Occupations Code, is amended by
1-12     adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
1-13           (g)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1)(A), an applicant who
1-14     was originally licensed to practice chiropractic in another state
1-15     or foreign country before August 1, 1979, is not ineligible for a
1-16     provisional license because the state or foreign country did not
1-17     have a licensing requirement substantially equivalent to the
1-18     requirements of Section 201.302(a)(3).
1-19           SECTION 2.  Section 201.310, Occupations Code, is amended by
1-20     adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-21           (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), an applicant who was
1-22     originally licensed to practice chiropractic in another state or
1-23     foreign country before August 1, 1979, is not ineligible for a
1-24     license because the applicant has not met the requirements of
1-25     Section 201.302(a)(3).
1-26           SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-27           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to the
1-28     eligibility for a license or provisional license to practice
1-29     chiropractic of a person who files an application on or after the
1-30     effective date of this Act.  The eligibility for a license or
1-31     provisional license to practice chiropractic of a person who files
1-32     an application before the effective date of this Act is governed by
1-33     the law in effect on the date the application is filed, and the
1-34     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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