82R6737 MAW-F
 
  By: Uresti S.B. No. 1143
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of orthotists and prosthetists.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 605.002(14) and (18), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
               (14)  "Orthotics" means the science and practice of
  measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting,
  or servicing an orthosis under an order from a licensed physician,
  chiropractor, or podiatrist, or a nurse or physician assistant with
  authority delegated by a licensed physician, chiropractor, or
  podiatrist, for the correction or alleviation of a neuromuscular or
  musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity.
               (18)  "Prosthetics" means the science and practice of
  measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting,
  or servicing a prosthesis under an order from a licensed physician,
  chiropractor, or podiatrist, or a nurse or physician assistant with
  authority delegated by a licensed physician, chiropractor, or
  podiatrist.
         SECTION 2.  Section 605.2515, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 605.2515.  ADDITIONAL LICENSE:  DEVICE MANUFACTURER.
  A person licensed to practice orthotics or prosthetics who
  measures, designs, fabricates, fits, assembles, adjusts, or
  services an orthosis or a prosthesis under an order from a licensed
  physician, chiropractor, or podiatrist, or a nurse or physician
  assistant with authority delegated by a licensed physician,
  chiropractor, or podiatrist, for a specific patient is exempt from
  licensing as a device manufacturer under Subchapter L, Chapter 431,
  Health and Safety Code. A person licensed to practice orthotics or
  prosthetics who fabricates or assembles an orthosis or a prosthesis
  without an order from a licensed physician, chiropractor, or
  podiatrist, or a nurse or physician assistant with authority
  delegated by a licensed physician, chiropractor, or podiatrist, for
  a specific patient is required to be licensed as a device
  manufacturer under Subchapter L, Chapter 431, Health and Safety
  Code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.