By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 709
(In the Senate - Filed February 15, 2011; February 23, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
Services; May 6, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 6, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 709 By: Deuell
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain professional titles by
psychologists.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 501.156, Occupations
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The board may not include in rules to prohibit false,
misleading, or deceptive practices by a person regulated by the
board a rule that:
(1) restricts the person's use of any advertising
medium;
(2) restricts the person's personal appearance or use
of the person's voice in an advertisement;
(3) relates to the size or duration of an
advertisement by the person; [or]
(4) restricts the use of a trade name in advertising by
the person; or
(5) restricts the use of a title in advertising by a
person who is permitted to use that title by law.
SECTION 2. Section 501.260, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A person who is licensed under this section and who
holds a Nationally Certified School Psychologist credential may use
the credential "Nationally Certified School Psychologist" and the
title "Licensed Specialist in School Psychology."
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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