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SECTION 1. Subchapter B,
Chapter 151, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 151.0521 to
read as follows:
Sec. 151.0521. EXEMPTION
FOR SPORTS TEAM PHYSICIAN. A person is exempt from the licensing
requirements of this subtitle and may engage in the practice of medicine in
this state if the person:
(1) is employed or
designated as a team physician by a professional
or intercollegiate sports team visiting this state for a specific
sporting event;
(2) is licensed to
practice medicine in the team's home state; and
(3) limits the person's
practice of medicine in this state to treating, during the period beginning
on the date the team arrives in this state for the event and ending on the
10th day after the date of the event:
(A) the members, coaches,
and staff of the team; and
(B) a family member of a
person described by Paragraph (A) if the family member is visiting this
state for the event.
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B,
Chapter 151, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 151.0521 to
read as follows:
Sec. 151.0521. EXEMPTION
FOR SPORTS TEAM PHYSICIAN. A person is exempt from the licensing
requirements of this subtitle and may engage in the practice of medicine in
this state if the person:
(1) is employed or
designated as a team physician by a sports team visiting this state for a
specific sporting event;
(2) is licensed to
practice medicine in the team's home state; and
(3) limits the person's
practice of medicine in this state to treating, during the period beginning
on the date the team arrives in this state for the event and ending on the
10th day after the date of the event:
(A) the members, coaches,
and staff of the team; and
(B) a family member of a
person described by Paragraph (A) if the family member is visiting this
state for the event.
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SECTION 2. Section 451.003,
Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 451.003.
APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a physician licensed by
the Texas Medical Board or engaged in the practice of medicine as
authorized by Section 151.0521;
(2) a dentist, licensed
under the laws of this state, engaged in the practice of dentistry;
(3) a licensed optometrist
or therapeutic optometrist engaged in the practice of optometry or
therapeutic optometry as defined by statute;
(4) an occupational
therapist engaged in the practice of occupational therapy;
(5) a nurse engaged in the
practice of nursing;
(6) a licensed podiatrist
engaged in the practice of podiatry as defined by statute;
(7) a physical therapist
engaged in the practice of physical therapy;
(8) a registered massage
therapist engaged in the practice of massage therapy;
(9) a commissioned or
contract physician, physical therapist, or physical therapist assistant in
the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service; or
(10) an athletic trainer who
does not live in this state and [,] who meets the requirements of
Section 451.004 [is licensed, registered, or certified by an
authority recognized by the department, and who provides athletic training
in this state for a period determined by the department].
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SECTION 2. Section 451.003,
Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 451.003.
APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a physician licensed by
the Texas Medical Board or engaged in the practice of medicine as
authorized by Section 151.0521;
(2) a dentist, licensed
under the laws of this state, engaged in the practice of dentistry;
(3) a licensed optometrist
or therapeutic optometrist engaged in the practice of optometry or
therapeutic optometry as defined by statute;
(4) an occupational
therapist engaged in the practice of occupational therapy;
(5) a nurse engaged in the
practice of nursing;
(6) a licensed podiatrist
engaged in the practice of podiatry as defined by statute;
(7) a physical therapist
engaged in the practice of physical therapy;
(8) a registered massage
therapist engaged in the practice of massage therapy;
(9) a commissioned or
contract physician, physical therapist, or physical therapist assistant in
the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service; or
(10) an athletic trainer who
does not live in this state, who is
licensed, registered, or certified by an authority recognized by the
department, and who provides athletic training in this state for a period
determined by the department.
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SECTION 3. Subchapter A,
Chapter 451, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 451.004 to read
as follows:
Sec. 451.004. EXEMPTION
FOR SPORTS TEAM ATHLETIC TRAINER. A person is exempt from this chapter if
the person:
(1) is employed or
designated as a team athletic trainer by a professional or intercollegiate
sports team visiting this state for a specific sporting event;
(2) is licensed,
registered, or certified as an athletic trainer in the team's home state;
and
(3) limits the person's
practice of athletic training in this state to providing, during the period
beginning on the date the team arrives in this state for the event and
ending on the 10th day after the date of the event, athletic training to:
(A) the members, coaches,
and staff of the team; and
(B) a family member of a
person described by Paragraph (A) if the family member is visiting this
state for the event.
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No
equivalent provision.
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