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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that health care practitioners wear |
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photo identification badges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 112, Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 112. GENERAL LICENSING AND PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS |
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APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 112, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter C to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS |
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Sec. 112.101. PHOTO IDENTIFICATION BADGE REQUIRED. (a) In |
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this section, "health care practitioner" has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 112.001 and includes a student, resident, or intern in a |
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program leading to licensure as a practitioner. |
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(b) A health care practitioner shall wear a photo |
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identification badge in a conspicuous manner during all patient |
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encounters, unless precluded by adopted sterilization or isolation |
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protocols. The badge must be of sufficient size to be visible and |
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must clearly state: |
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(1) the practitioner's name; |
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(2) the type of license held by the practitioner, if |
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the practitioner holds a license under this title; and |
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(3) the wearer's status as a student, resident, or |
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intern if the practitioner does not hold a license under this title. |
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(c) A person who violates this section shall be considered |
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to be in violation of the law regulating the health care profession |
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in which the person is engaged. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |