78R12229 JMM-D
By: Chavez, Thompson H.B. No. 1694
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1694:
By: Naishtat C.S.H.B. No. 1694
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training in gerontology for certain health care
practitioners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 107 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 107. GERONTOLOGY TRAINING
Sec. 107.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "health care
practitioner" means an individual who is licensed in this state to
provide health care services. The term includes a physician, a
registered nurse, a psychologist, a licensed professional
counselor, and any other license holder under this code who, in
providing health care services, provides therapy or counseling
services.
Sec. 107.002. TRAINING IN GERONTOLOGY; RULES; NOTICE. (a)
Each state regulatory agency that licenses health care
practitioners shall adopt rules to approve training in gerontology
as acceptable for continuing education, particularly for
practitioners who, in the normal course of their professional
practice, provide health care services to elderly persons.
(b) A state regulatory agency affected by this section
shall:
(1) adopt rules regarding the eligibility of
gerontology training for continuing education; and
(2) notify its license holders of the training.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.