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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to physical examination requirements for participation in |
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extracurricular 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 33.093 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.093. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED FOR |
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PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC ACTIVITY. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Advanced practice nurse" means a registered nurse |
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approved by the Texas Board of Nursing to practice as an advanced |
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practice nurse as provided by Section 301.152, Occupations Code. |
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(2) "Physician" means a physician licensed under |
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Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. |
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(3) "Physician assistant" means a person who is |
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licensed under Chapter 204, Occupations Code. |
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(b) A student may not participate in an extracurricular |
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athletic activity, including an athletic practice, scrimmage, |
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game, or match, sponsored or sanctioned by the University |
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Interscholastic League unless the student has submitted to the |
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school district the student attends a completed form indicating |
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that the student has received a physical examination conducted by a |
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physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse. The |
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form must: |
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(1) be signed by the physician, physician assistant, |
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or advanced practice nurse; and |
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(2) include a statement that, based on the |
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examination, the physician, physician assistant, or advanced |
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practice nurse has determined that the student does not have a |
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medical condition that would make participation in the athletic |
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activity hazardous for the student. |
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(c) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules |
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to administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |