By: Nelson, et al. S.B. No. 492
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition on certification of sex offenders as
emergency medical services personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 773, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 773.0415 to read as follows:
Sec. 773.0415. CERTIFICATION OF SEX OFFENDER PROHIBITED. A
person who has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication
for an offense for which the person is subject to registration under
Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, may not be certified as any
type of emergency medical services personnel under this chapter.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to the renewal of an emergency medical technician certificate
that expires on or after the effective date of this Act. A
certificate that expires before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the certificate was
issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies to an
application for an emergency medical technician certificate that is
pending on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or
after that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.