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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from licensing requirements for certain |
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physicians and athletic trainers employed by sports teams. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 151, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 151.0521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 151.0521. EXEMPTION FOR SPORTS TEAM PHYSICIAN. A |
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person is exempt from the licensing requirements of this subtitle |
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and may engage in the practice of medicine in this state if the |
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person: |
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(1) is employed or designated as a team physician by a |
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professional or intercollegiate sports team visiting this state for |
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a specific sporting event; |
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(2) is licensed to practice medicine in the team's home |
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state; and |
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(3) limits the person's practice of medicine in this |
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state to treating, during the period beginning on the date the team |
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arrives in this state for the event and ending on the 10th day after |
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the date of the event: |
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(A) the members, coaches, and staff of the team; |
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and |
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(B) a family member of a person described by |
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Paragraph (A) if the family member is visiting this state for the |
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event. |
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SECTION 2. Section 451.003, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 451.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply |
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to: |
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(1) a physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board or |
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engaged in the practice of medicine as authorized by Section |
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151.0521; |
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(2) a dentist, licensed under the laws of this state, |
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engaged in the practice of dentistry; |
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(3) a licensed optometrist or therapeutic optometrist |
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engaged in the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry as |
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defined by statute; |
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(4) an occupational therapist engaged in the practice |
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of occupational therapy; |
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(5) a nurse engaged in the practice of nursing; |
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(6) a licensed podiatrist engaged in the practice of |
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podiatry as defined by statute; |
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(7) a physical therapist engaged in the practice of |
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physical therapy; |
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(8) a registered massage therapist engaged in the |
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practice of massage therapy; |
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(9) a commissioned or contract physician, physical |
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therapist, or physical therapist assistant in the United States |
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Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service; or |
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(10) an athletic trainer who does not live in this |
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state and [,] who meets the requirements of Section 451.004 [is
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licensed, registered, or certified by an authority recognized by
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the department, and who provides athletic training in this state
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for a period determined by the department]. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 451, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 451.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 451.004. EXEMPTION FOR SPORTS TEAM ATHLETIC TRAINER. |
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A person is exempt from this chapter if the person: |
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(1) is employed or designated as a team athletic |
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trainer by a professional or intercollegiate sports team visiting |
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this state for a specific sporting event; |
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(2) is licensed, registered, or certified as an |
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athletic trainer in the team's home state; and |
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(3) limits the person's practice of athletic training |
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in this state to providing, during the period beginning on the date |
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the team arrives in this state for the event and ending on the 10th |
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day after the date of the event, athletic training to: |
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(A) the members, coaches, and staff of the team; |
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and |
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(B) a family member of a person described by |
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Paragraph (A) if the family member is visiting this state for the |
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event. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |