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| 1 | 1 | By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1424 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Garza) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the issuance of cease and desist orders by the Texas | |
| 8 | 8 | Medical Board. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 165.052, Occupations | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) If it appears to the board that a person who is not | |
| 13 | 13 | licensed under this subtitle is violating this subtitle, a rule | |
| 14 | 14 | adopted under this subtitle, or another state statute or rule | |
| 15 | 15 | relating to the practice of medicine, the board [after notice and | |
| 16 | 16 | opportunity for a hearing] may issue a cease and desist order | |
| 17 | 17 | prohibiting the person from engaging in the activity. Before | |
| 18 | 18 | issuing the order, the board must provide the person with the same | |
| 19 | 19 | notice and the same opportunity for an informal proceeding and a | |
| 20 | 20 | formal hearing as provided to a license holder under Chapter 164. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to a hearing for which notice is provided under Section 165.052, | |
| 23 | 23 | Occupations Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A | |
| 24 | 24 | hearing for which notice is provided before the effective date of | |
| 25 | 25 | this Act is governed by the law in effect when the notice is | |
| 26 | 26 | provided, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 27 | 27 | purpose. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |