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By: Van de Putte |
S.B. No. 709 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 15, 2011; February 23, 2011, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human |
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Services; May 6, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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May 6, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 709 |
By: Deuell |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain professional titles by |
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psychologists. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 501.156, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board may not include in rules to prohibit false, |
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misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the |
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board a rule that: |
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(1) restricts the person's use of any advertising |
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medium; |
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(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use |
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of the person's voice in an advertisement; |
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(3) relates to the size or duration of an |
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advertisement by the person; [or] |
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(4) restricts the use of a trade name in advertising by |
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the person; or |
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(5) restricts the use of a title in advertising by a |
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person who is permitted to use that title by law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 501.260, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A person who is licensed under this section and who |
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holds a Nationally Certified School Psychologist credential may use |
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the credential "Nationally Certified School Psychologist" and the |
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title "Licensed Specialist in School Psychology." |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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