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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition on certification of sex offenders as |
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emergency medical services personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0415 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 773.0415. CERTIFICATION OF SEX OFFENDER PROHIBITED. A |
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person who has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication |
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for an offense for which the person is subject to registration under |
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Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, may not be certified as any |
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type of emergency medical services personnel under this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to the renewal of an emergency medical technician certificate |
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that expires on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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certificate that expires before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the certificate was |
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issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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application for an emergency medical technician certificate that is |
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pending on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or |
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after that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |