Amend HB 2868 (house committee printing) by striking page 1, line 7, through page 2, line 9, and substituting the following:

(2)  "Professional services" means services:

(A)  within the scope of the practice, as defined by state law, of:

(i)  accounting;

(ii)  architecture;

(iii)  landscape architecture;

(iv)  land surveying;

(v)  medicine;

(vi)  optometry;

(vii)  professional engineering;

(viii)  real estate appraising; or

(ix)  professional nursing; [or]

(B)  provided in connection with the professional employment or practice of a person who is licensed or registered as:

(i)  a certified public accountant;

(ii)  an architect;

(iii)  a landscape architect;

(iv)  a land surveyor;

(v)  a physician, including a surgeon;

(vi)  an optometrist;

(vii)  a professional engineer;

(viii)  a state certified or state licensed real estate appraiser; or

(ix)  a registered nurse; or

(C)  provided by a person lawfully engaged in interior design, regardless of whether the person is registered as an interior designer under Chapter 1053, Occupations Code.