Amend SB 674 (house committee printing)by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 155.056, Occupations Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:

(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), an [An] applicant must pass each part of an examination within three attempts.

SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 156, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 156.010 to read as follows:

SECTION ____.  The heading to Section 205.251, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 205.251.  [ANNUAL] RENEWAL REQUIRED.

SECTION ____.  Section 205.251(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  The medical board by rule shall provide for the annual or biennial renewal of a license to practice acupuncture.

SECTION ____.  Subchapter F, Chapter 205, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 205.256 to read as follows:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 206, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 206.215 to read as follows:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 601, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 601.113 to read as follows:

SECTION ____.  Section 601.155, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 601.155.  STUDENTS. A person is not required to hold a certificate issued under this chapter [or to comply with the registration requirements adopted under Section 601.252] if the person:

(1)  is a student enrolled in a training program that meets the minimum standards adopted under Section 601.201; and

(2)  is performing a radiologic procedure in an academic or clinical setting as part of the training program.

SECTION ____.  Section 601.156, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 601.156.  PROCEDURE PERFORMED AS PART OF CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM. A person is not required to hold a certificate issued under this chapter [or to comply with the registration requirements adopted under Section 601.252] if the person is:

(1)  licensed or otherwise registered as a medical radiologic technologist by another state, the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, the American Registry of Clinical Radiography Technologists, or a professional organization or association recognized by the advisory board;

(2)  enrolled in a continuing education program that meets the requirements adopted under Section 601.108; and

(3)  performing a radiologic procedure as part of the continuing education program for not more than 10 days.

SECTION ____.  Section 601.203(b), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  The following conditions are considered to be a hardship for the purposes of Subsection (a):

(1)  that the applicant:

(A)  reports an inability to attract and retain medical radiologic technologists; and

(2)  that the applicant is located at a great distance from a school of medical radiologic technology;

(3)  that there is a list of qualified persons who have applied to a school of medical radiologic technology whose admissions are pending because of a lack of faculty or space;

(4)  that the school of medical radiologic technology produces an insufficient number of graduates in medical radiologic technology to meet the needs of the applicant; or

(5)  any other criteria determined by advisory board rule.

SECTION ____.  Sections 601.252(c) and (d), Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:

(c)  Rules adopted under this section by the State Board of Dental Examiners must:

(1)  require an authorized person who performs radiologic procedures under the delegation of a dentist, other than a registered nurse, to register with the dental board [agency that licenses the practitioner under whom the person performs radiologic procedures];

(2)  establish reasonable and necessary fees to cover the administrative costs incurred by the dental board [agency] in administering a registration program created under this subsection;

(3)  establish grounds for the suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of a registration issued under this subsection; and

(4)  establish standards, in addition to those required by this chapter, for training and supervising the operators of the equipment.

(d)  In adopting rules under Subsection (c), the State Board of Dental Examiners [an agency] may take into account whether the radiologic procedure will be performed by a registered nurse.

SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 602, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 602.214 to read as follows:

SECTION ____.  Section 603.252(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  An applicant for a perfusionist license must submit an [a sworn] application accompanied by the application fee.

SECTION ____.  Subchapter G, Chapter 603, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 603.306 to read as follows:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter D, Chapter 604, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 604.158 to read as follows: