By: Cain S.B. No. 1300
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the practice of medicine without an annual registration
1-3 receipt.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 156.008, Occupations
1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) Practicing medicine without an annual registration
1-8 receipt for the current year after the expiration of the 30-day
1-9 grace period [as] provided under Section 156.004 [by this
1-10 subchapter] has the same effect as, and is subject to all penalties
1-11 of, practicing medicine without a license.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.