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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from regulation as health spas for certain |
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governmental hospitals and clinics. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 702.003(4), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(4) "Health spa" means a business that offers for |
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sale, or sells, memberships that provide the members instruction in |
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or the use of facilities for a physical exercise program. The term |
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does not include: |
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(A) an organization that is tax exempt under |
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Section 501 et seq., Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Section 501 et |
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seq.); |
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(B) a private club owned and operated by its |
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members; |
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(C) an entity operated exclusively to: |
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(i) teach dance or aerobic exercise; or |
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(ii) provide physical rehabilitation |
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activity related to an individual's injury or disease; |
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(D) a person engaged in an activity authorized |
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under a license issued by the state; [or] |
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(E) an activity conducted or sanctioned by a |
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school under the Education Code; or |
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(F) a hospital or clinic owned or operated by an |
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agency of the state or federal government or by a political |
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subdivision of this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |