By: Campbell S.B. No. 1753
 
  (Davis of Harris)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the identification requirements of certain health care
  providers associated with a hospital.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 241.009, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
         (c)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(3), the identification
  badge of a health care provider licensed under Title 3, Occupations
  Code, must clearly state:
               (1)  "physician," if the provider holds a license under
  Subtitle B of that title;
               (2)  "chiropractor," "podiatrist," "midwife,"
  "physician assistant," "acupuncturist," or "surgical assistant," 
  as applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle C of
  that title;
               (3)  "dentist" or "dental hygienist," as applicable, if
  the provider holds a license under Subtitle D of that title;
               (4)  "licensed vocational nurse," "registered nurse," 
  "nurse practitioner," "nurse midwife," "nurse anesthetist," or
  "clinical nurse specialist," as applicable, if the provider holds a
  license under Subtitle E of that title;
               (5)  "optometrist," or "therapeutic optometrist," as
  applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle F of that
  title;
               (6)  "speech-language pathologist" or "audiologist,"
  as applicable, if the provider holds a license under Subtitle G of
  that title; 
               (7)  "physical therapist," "occupational therapist,"
  or "massage therapist," as applicable, if the provider holds a
  license under Subtitle H of that title;
               (8)  "medical radiologic technologist," "medical
  physicist," "perfusionist," "respiratory care practitioner,"
  "orthotist," or "prosthetist," as applicable, if the provider holds
  a license or certificate, as appropriate, under Subtitle K of that
  title; and
               (9)  "dietitian," if the provider holds a license under
  Subtitle M of that title.
         (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(3), a hospital licensed
  under this chapter is not required to list the type of license held
  by a provider on a health care provider's photo identification
  badge until September 1, 2019.  This subsection expires September
  1, 2020.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.