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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to continuing education requirements for noncertified |
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surgical technologists. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 259.002, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 259.002. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRACTICING SURGICAL |
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TECHNOLOGY; CONTINUING EDUCATION. |
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SECTION 2. Section 259.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A person employed by a health care facility to practice |
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surgical technology under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) or Subsection |
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(c) shall complete fifteen hours of continuing education each year |
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and submit evidence of the satisfactory completion of the |
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continuing education to the facility. The facility may not |
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continue to employ the person if the person does not complete the |
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continuing education required by this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 259.002(d), Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act, a person employed by a health |
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care facility to practice surgical technology is not required to |
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complete the continuing education before September 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |