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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the identification requirements of certain health care |
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providers associated with a hospital. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 241.009, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(3), the identification |
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badge of a health care provider licensed under Title 3, Occupations |
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Code, must clearly state: |
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(1) "physician," if the provider holds a license under |
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Subtitle B of that title; |
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(2) "chiropractor," "podiatrist," "midwife," |
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"physician assistant," "acupuncturist," or "surgical assistant," |
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as applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle C of |
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that title; |
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(3) "dentist" or "dental hygienist," as applicable, if |
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the provider holds a license under Subtitle D of that title; |
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(4) "licensed vocational nurse," "registered nurse," |
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"nurse practitioner," "nurse midwife," "nurse anesthetist," or |
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"clinical nurse specialist," as applicable, if the provider holds a |
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license under Subtitle E of that title; |
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(5) "optometrist," or "therapeutic optometrist," as |
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applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle F of that |
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title; |
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(6) "speech-language pathologist" or "audiologist," |
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as applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle G of |
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that title; |
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(7) "physical therapist," "occupational therapist," |
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or "massage therapist," as applicable, if the provider holds a |
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license under Subtitle H of that title; |
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(8) "medical radiologic technologist," "medical |
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physicist," "perfusionist," "respiratory care practitioner," |
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"orthotist," or "prosthetist," as applicable, if the provider holds |
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a license or certificate, as appropriate, under Subtitle K of that |
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title; and |
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(9) "dietitian," if the provider holds a license under |
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Subtitle M of that title. |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a hospital licensed |
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under this chapter is not required to list the type of license held |
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by a provider on a health care provider's photo identification |
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badge until September 1, 2019. This subsection expires September |
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1, 2020. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |