82R6737 MAW-F
By: Uresti S.B. No. 1143
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of orthotists and prosthetists.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 605.002(14) and (18), Occupations Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(14) "Orthotics" means the science and practice of
measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting,
or servicing an orthosis under an order from a licensed physician,
chiropractor, or podiatrist, or a nurse or physician assistant with
authority delegated by a licensed physician, chiropractor, or
podiatrist, for the correction or alleviation of a neuromuscular or
musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, injury, or deformity.
(18) "Prosthetics" means the science and practice of
measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting,
or servicing a prosthesis under an order from a licensed physician,
chiropractor, or podiatrist, or a nurse or physician assistant with
authority delegated by a licensed physician, chiropractor, or
podiatrist.
SECTION 2. Section 605.2515, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 605.2515. ADDITIONAL LICENSE: DEVICE MANUFACTURER.
A person licensed to practice orthotics or prosthetics who
measures, designs, fabricates, fits, assembles, adjusts, or
services an orthosis or a prosthesis under an order from a licensed
physician, chiropractor, or podiatrist, or a nurse or physician
assistant with authority delegated by a licensed physician,
chiropractor, or podiatrist, for a specific patient is exempt from
licensing as a device manufacturer under Subchapter L, Chapter 431,
Health and Safety Code. A person licensed to practice orthotics or
prosthetics who fabricates or assembles an orthosis or a prosthesis
without an order from a licensed physician, chiropractor, or
podiatrist, or a nurse or physician assistant with authority
delegated by a licensed physician, chiropractor, or podiatrist, for
a specific patient is required to be licensed as a device
manufacturer under Subchapter L, Chapter 431, Health and Safety
Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.