By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 709

(In the Senate - Filed February 15, 2011; February 23, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; May 6, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 709 By: Deuell

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of certain professional titles by psychologists.

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

SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 501.156, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The board may not include in rules to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the board a rule that:

(1) restricts the person's use of any advertising medium;

(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use of the person's voice in an advertisement;

(3) relates to the size or duration of an advertisement by the person; [or]

(4) restricts the use of a trade name in advertising by the person; or

(5) restricts the use of a title in advertising by a person who is permitted to use that title by law.

SECTION 2. Section 501.260, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) A person who is licensed under this section and who holds a Nationally Certified School Psychologist credential may use the credential "Nationally Certified School Psychologist" and the title "Licensed Specialist in School Psychology."

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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