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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that an orthotist or a prosthetist be |
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licensed as a device manufacturer if fabricating or assembling |
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without an order from certain health care professionals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 605, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 605.2515 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 605.2515. ADDITIONAL LICENSE: DEVICE MANUFACTURER. A |
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person licensed to practice orthotics or prosthetics who measures, |
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designs, fabricates, fits, assembles, adjusts, or services an |
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orthosis or a prosthesis under an order from a licensed physician, |
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chiropractor, or podiatrist for a specific patient is exempt from |
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licensing as a device manufacturer under Subchapter L, Chapter 431, |
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Health and Safety Code. A person licensed to practice orthotics or |
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prosthetics who fabricates or assembles an orthosis or a prosthesis |
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without an order from a licensed physician, chiropractor, or |
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podiatrist for a specific patient is required to be licensed as a |
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device manufacturer under Subchapter L, Chapter 431, Health and |
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Safety Code. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |