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1	1	S.B. No. 1211
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the liability of a volunteer audiologist, assistant in
6	6	audiology, speech-language pathologist, or assistant in
7	7	speech-language pathology.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subdivision (5), Section 84.003, Civil Practice
10	10	and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
11	11	(5) "Volunteer health care provider" means an
12	12	individual who voluntarily provides health care services without
13	13	compensation or expectation of compensation and who is:
14	14	(A) an individual who is licensed to practice
15	15	medicine under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code;
16	16	(B) a retired physician who is eligible to
17	17	provide health care services, including a retired physician who is
18	18	licensed but exempt from paying the required annual registration
19	19	fee under Section 156.002, Occupations Code;
20	20	(C) a physician assistant licensed under Chapter
21	21	204, Occupations Code, or a retired physician assistant who is
22	22	eligible to provide health care services under the law of this
23	23	state;
24	24	(D) a registered nurse, including an advanced
25	25	nurse practitioner, or vocational nurse, licensed under Chapter
26	26	301, Occupations Code, or a retired vocational nurse or registered
27	27	nurse, including a retired advanced nurse practitioner, who is
28	28	eligible to provide health care services under the law of this
29	29	state;
30	30	(E) a pharmacist licensed under Subtitle J, Title
31	31	3, Occupations Code, or a retired pharmacist who is eligible to
32	32	provide health care services under the law of this state;
33	33	(F) a podiatrist licensed under Chapter 202,
34	34	Occupations Code, or a retired podiatrist who is eligible to
35	35	provide health care services under the law of this state;
36	36	(G) a dentist licensed under Subtitle D, Title 3,
37	37	Occupations Code, or a retired dentist who is eligible to provide
38	38	health care services under the law of this state;
39	39	(H) a dental hygienist licensed under Subtitle D,
40	40	Title 3, Occupations Code, or a retired dental hygienist who is
41	41	eligible to provide health care services under the law of this
42	42	state;
43	43	(I) an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist
44	44	licensed under Chapter 351, Occupations Code, or a retired
45	45	optometrist or therapeutic optometrist who is eligible to provide
46	46	health care services under the law of this state;
47	47	(J) a physical therapist or physical therapist
48	48	assistant licensed under Chapter 453, Occupations Code, or a
49	49	retired physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who is
50	50	eligible to provide health care services under the law of this
51	51	state; [or]
52	52	(K) an occupational therapist or occupational
53	53	therapy assistant licensed under Chapter 454, Occupations Code, or
54	54	a retired occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant
55	55	who is eligible to provide health care services under the law of
56	56	this state; or
57	57	(L) an audiologist, assistant in audiology,
58	58	speech-language pathologist, or assistant in speech-language
59	59	pathology licensed under Chapter 401, Occupations Code, or a
60	60	retired audiologist, assistant in audiology, speech-language
61	61	pathologist, or assistant in speech-language pathology who is
62	62	eligible to provide health care services under the laws of this
63	63	state.
64	64	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
65	65	a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
66	66	this Act. An action that accrues before the effective date of this
67	67	Act is governed by the law applicable to the action immediately
68	68	before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
69	69	effect for that purpose.
70	70	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
71	71	______________________________ ______________________________
72	72	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
73	73	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1211 passed the Senate on
74	74	April 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
75	75	______________________________
76	76	Secretary of the Senate
77	77	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1211 passed the House on
78	78	May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one
79	79	present not voting.
80	80	______________________________
81	81	Chief Clerk of the House
82	82	Approved:
83	83	______________________________
84	84	Date
85	85	______________________________
86	86	Governor