Amend CSHB 1803 by adding the appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 168.002, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 168.002.  EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to:

(1)  a medical or dental school or an outpatient clinic associated with a medical or dental school;

(2)  a hospital, including any outpatient facility or clinic of a hospital;

(3)  a hospice established under 40 T.A.C. Section 97.403 or defined by 42 C.F.R. Section 418.3;

(4)  a facility maintained or operated by this state;

(5)  a clinic maintained or operated by the United States;

(6)  a health organization certified by the board under Section 162.001;

(7)  a clinic owned or operated by a physician who treats patients within the physician's area of specialty and who personally uses other forms of treatment, including surgery, with the issuance of a prescription for a majority of the patients; or

(8)  a clinic owned or operated by an advanced practice nurse licensed in this state who treats patients in the nurse's area of specialty and who personally uses other forms of treatment with the issuance of a prescription for a majority of the patients.

SECTION ____.  Section 168.201, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: