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2003S0603-1 03/12/03
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1395
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of foot for purposes of the practice of
podiatry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 202.001, Occupations
Code, is amended by adding a new Subdivision (3) and redesignating
existing Subdivisions (3) and (4) as Subdivisions (4) and (5) to
read as follows:
(3) "Foot" means the portion of a lower limb situated
below the ankle joint.
(4) "Podiatrist" means a person who:
(A) is licensed under this chapter to practice
podiatry and who directly or indirectly charges money or other
compensation for podiatric services; or
(B) publicly professes or claims to be a
podiatrist, foot specialist, or doctor or uses any title, degree,
letter, syllable, or word that would lead the public to believe that
the person is a practitioner authorized to practice or assume the
duties incident to the practice of podiatry.
(5) [(4)] "Podiatry" means the treatment of or offer
to treat any disease, disorder, physical injury, deformity, or
ailment of the human foot by any system or method. The term
includes podiatric medicine.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.