By:  Carona                                                       S.B. No. 1062


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the registration of chiropractic facilities.                      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 201.312, Occupations Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 201.312.  REGISTRATION [ACCREDITATION] OF FACILITIES.  
(a)  The board by rule shall adopt requirements for registering 
[licensing and regulating] chiropractic facilities as necessary to 
protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
	(b)  The rules adopted under this section must:                                
		(1)  specify the registration [licensing] requirements 
for a chiropractic facility;
		(2)  prescribe the standards for the chiropractic 
[structure of the] facility registration [licensing] program; 
[and]
		(3)  provide for the issuance of a separate certificate 
of registration [one facility license] to an owner of a 
chiropractic facility for each chiropractic facility owned by the 
owner; and
		(4)  provide for the board to send notice to an owner of 
a chiropractic facility and to each chiropractor practicing in the 
facility of the impending expiration of the facility's certificate 
of registration before the expiration of the certificate.
	(c)  The standards adopted under Subsection (b)(2) must be 
consistent with industry standards for the practice of 
chiropractic.
	(d)  To register a chiropractic facility, the owner of the 
facility must:
		(1)  file with the board a written application for 
registration; and 
		(2)  pay, with the application, a registration fee in 
an amount set by the board not to exceed $75.
	(e)  The board may issue a certificate of registration only 
to a chiropractic facility that complies with the requirements of 
this section.
	(f)  A certificate of registration under this section must be 
renewed annually.  To renew the certificate, the certificate holder 
shall apply to the board and pay an annual fee equal to the amount of 
the registration fee under Subsection (d)(2).
	(g)  A person licensed to practice chiropractic in this state 
is subject to disciplinary action under this chapter if the person 
practices chiropractic in a chiropractic facility that the person 
knows is not registered under this section.
	(h)  An owner of a chiropractic facility who violates this 
section or a rule adopted under this section is subject to 
disciplinary action by the board in the same manner as a license 
holder who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this 
chapter.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2004, the Texas Board 
of Chiropractic Examiners shall adopt rules under Section 201.503, 
Occupations Code, specifying the maximum amount of sanctions that 
may be assessed against a chiropractor for violating Subsection 
(g), Section 201.312, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.