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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for participation in extracurricular |
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athletic activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.092 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.092. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED FOR |
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PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC ACTIVITY. (a) A |
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student may not participate in an extracurricular athletic activity |
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sponsored by a school district unless the student has submitted to |
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the school district a completed form indicating that the student |
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has received a physical examination by a licensed physician or a |
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person acting under the delegation and supervision of a licensed |
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physician or a person acting under the delegation and supervision |
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of a licensed physician in conformity with Subchapter A, Chapter |
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157, Occupations Code. The form must be signed by the physician or |
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the person acting under the physician's delegation authority and |
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indicate that the student has been examined and that the student's |
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current health status would permit the student to participate in |
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the athletic activity. |
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(b) The physical examination form required by Subsection |
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(a) must be submitted to the school district before the student may |
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participate in any athletic practice, scrimmage, game, or match. |
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(c) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules |
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to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |