By: Deuell S.B. No. 505

(In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2013; February 20, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; April 2, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 2, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 505 By: Deuell

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an exemption from the licensing requirement for certain persons who measure or fit orthoses under the supervision of a physician.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 605, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 605.306 to read as follows:

Sec. 605.306. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SUPERVISED PERSONS. (a) This chapter does not apply to a person who measures or fits an orthosis under the supervision of a physician practicing under Subtitle B.

(b) The exemption provided by this section does not apply to the measuring and fitting of a custom-fabricated device if the measuring and fitting requires substantial clinical judgment as determined by the treating physician.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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