82R655 YDB-D

By: Guillen H.B. No. 332

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the licensure of athletic trainers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 451.152, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 451.152. LICENSE APPLICATION. An applicant for an athletic trainer license must submit to the board[:

[(1)] an application on a form prescribed by the board accompanied by:

(1) [; and

[(2)] the required examination fee if the applicant is applying to take the examination administered by the board; or

(2) a fee of $500 if the applicant has satisfactorily completed a national examination or other examination recognized by the board relating to the practice of athletic training.

SECTION 2. Section 451.156, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 451.156. REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSE ISSUANCE. An applicant for an athletic trainer license is entitled to receive the license if the applicant:

(1) satisfies the requirements of Section 451.153 or 451.154;

(2) satisfactorily completes:

(A) the examination administered by the board; or

(B) a national examination or other examination recognized by the board relating to the practice of athletic training;

(3) pays the [required] license fee and other required fees; and

(4) has not committed an act that constitutes grounds for refusal of a license under Section 451.251.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 451.152 and 451.156, Occupations Code, apply to an application for an athletic trainer license submitted to the Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a license submitted before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.