Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1148 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R8864 YDB-F
2	2	By: Averitt S.B. No. 1148
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the administration by certain health care professionals
8	8	of certain treatments, therapy, or medication ordered by an
9	9	optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 301.002(2), Occupations Code, is amended
12	12	to read as follows:
13	13	(2) "Professional nursing" means the performance of an
14	14	act that requires substantial specialized judgment and skill, the
15	15	proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application
16	16	of the principles of biological, physical, and social science as
17	17	acquired by a completed course in an approved school of
18	18	professional nursing. The term does not include acts of medical
19	19	diagnosis or the prescription of therapeutic or corrective
20	20	measures. Professional nursing involves:
21	21	(A) the observation, assessment, intervention,
22	22	evaluation, rehabilitation, care and counsel, or health teachings
23	23	of a person who is ill, injured, infirm, or experiencing a change in
24	24	normal health processes;
25	25	(B) the maintenance of health or prevention of
26	26	illness;
27	27	(C) the administration of a medication or
28	28	treatment as ordered by a physician, podiatrist, [or] dentist, or
29	29	therapeutic optometrist;
30	30	(D) the supervision or teaching of nursing;
31	31	(E) the administration, supervision, and
32	32	evaluation of nursing practices, policies, and procedures;
33	33	(F) the requesting, receiving, signing for, and
34	34	distribution of prescription drug samples to patients at sites in
35	35	which a registered nurse is authorized to sign prescription drug
36	36	orders as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157;
37	37	(G) the performance of an act delegated by a
38	38	physician under Section 157.052, 157.053, 157.054, 157.0541,
39	39	157.0542, 157.058, or 157.059; and
40	40	(H) the development of the nursing care plan.
41	41	SECTION 2. Section 454.213(b), Occupations Code, is amended
42	42	to read as follows:
43	43	(b) Implementation of direct occupational therapy to a
44	44	person for a specific health care condition must be based on a
45	45	referral from:
46	46	(1) a physician licensed by a state board of medical
47	47	examiners;
48	48	(2) a dentist licensed by a state board of dental
49	49	examiners;
50	50	(3) a chiropractor licensed by a state board of
51	51	chiropractic examiners;
52	52	(4) a podiatrist licensed by a state board of
53	53	podiatric medical examiners; [or]
54	54	(5) an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist
55	55	licensed by a state optometry board; or
56	56	(6) another qualified, licensed health care
57	57	professional who is authorized to refer for health care services
58	58	within the scope of the professional's license.
59	59	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	60	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	61	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	62	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	63	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.