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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