82R164 JAM-D
By: Howard of Travis H.B. No. 556
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of massage therapy licensing
requirements to a person employing certain muscle activation
techniques.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 455.001, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (9-a) to read as follows:
(9-a) "Muscle activation techniques" means the
identification and correction of muscular imbalances through
palpation and isometric exercises.
SECTION 2. Section 455.004, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 455.004. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter does
not apply to:
(1) a person licensed in this state as a physician,
chiropractor, occupational therapist, physical therapist, nurse,
cosmetologist, or athletic trainer or as a member of a similar
profession subject to state licensing while the person is
practicing within the scope of the license;
(2) a school approved by the Texas Education Agency or
otherwise approved by the state; [or]
(3) an instructor otherwise approved by the state to
teach in an area of study included in the required course of
instruction for issuance of a massage therapist license; or
(4) a person who, for compensation, employs muscle
activation techniques.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.