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1	1	83R13731 DDT-F
2	2	By: Vo H.B. No. 1551
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1551:
4	4	By: Guillen C.S.H.B. No. 1551
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the elimination of the licensing and registration
10	10	requirements for ringside physicians and timekeepers for combative
11	11	sports events.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 2052.002(20), Occupations Code, is
14	14	amended to read as follows:
15	15	(20) "Ringside physician" means an individual who has
16	16	an unrestricted and unlimited license [licensed] to practice
17	17	medicine in this state and who, by agreement, is assigned as the
18	18	physician for a combative sports event [registered with the
19	19	department].
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 2052.052(b), Occupations Code, is
21	21	amended to read as follows:
22	22	(b) The commission may adopt rules:
23	23	(1) governing boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, or
24	24	mixed martial arts contests and exhibitions;
25	25	(2) establishing reasonable qualifications for an
26	26	applicant seeking a license or registration from the department
27	27	under this chapter;
28	28	(3) recognizing a sanction, medical suspension, or
29	29	disqualification of a licensee or registrant by a combative sports
30	30	authority in any state, provided that if licensure or registration
31	31	is denied based on those actions, an applicant has an opportunity
32	32	for a hearing as prescribed by rule;
33	33	(4) establishing selection criteria and procedures
34	34	for the assignment of individuals who agree to act as ringside
35	35	physicians and timekeepers for combative sports events [practice
36	36	requirements or specialty certifications that a person licensed to
37	37	practice medicine in this state must meet to register as a ringside
38	38	physician];
39	39	(5) requiring a contestant to present with an
40	40	application for licensure or license renewal documentation of
41	41	recent blood test results that demonstrate whether the contestant
42	42	is free from hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human
43	43	immunodeficiency virus, and any other communicable disease
44	44	designated by commission rule and providing that a contestant's
45	45	failure to provide the required blood test results disqualifies the
46	46	contestant;
47	47	(6) providing that to participate in any event a
48	48	contestant must be free of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus,
49	49	human immunodeficiency virus, and any other communicable disease
50	50	designated by rule;
51	51	(7) requiring that a contestant present with an
52	52	application for licensure or license renewal documentation of the
53	53	results of a physical examination, including an ophthalmologic
54	54	examination, and providing for disqualification of a contestant who
55	55	is determined by an examining physician to be unfit;
56	56	(8) establishing additional responsibilities for
57	57	promoters; and
58	58	(9) governing regulated amateur events.
59	59	SECTION 3. Section 2052.107, Occupations Code, is amended
60	60	to read as follows:
61	61	Sec. 2052.107. OTHER COMBATIVE SPORTS LICENSES. Unless a
62	62	person holds a license or registration issued under this chapter,
63	63	the person may not act as a combative sports:
64	64	(1) professional contestant;
65	65	(2) manager of a professional contestant;
66	66	(3) referee;
67	67	(4) judge;
68	68	(5) second;
69	69	(6) [timekeeper;
70	70	[(7)] matchmaker;
71	71	[(8) ringside physician;] or
72	72	(7) [(9)] event coordinator.
73	73	SECTION 4. (a) A disciplinary or administrative proceeding
74	74	pending under Chapter 51 or 2052, Occupations Code, that is related
75	75	to a violation of licensing or registration requirements for a
76	76	timekeeper or ringside physician under Chapter 2052, Occupations
77	77	Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date
78	78	of this Act, is dismissed.
79	79	(b) An administrative penalty assessed by the Texas
80	80	Commission of Licensing and Regulation or the executive director of
81	81	the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Chapter
82	82	2052, Occupations Code, related to a violation of Chapter 2052,
83	83	Occupations Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the
84	84	effective date of this Act, may be collected as provided by Chapter
85	85	51, Occupations Code.
86	86	(c) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
87	87	pending prosecution of an offense under Chapter 2052, Occupations
88	88	Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date
89	89	of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this
90	90	Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was
91	91	committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
92	92	purpose. For purposes of this subsection, an offense was committed
93	93	before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
94	94	occurred before that date.
95	95	(d) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
96	96	Act, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall return
97	97	a prorated portion of the fee paid to the department for the
98	98	issuance or renewal of the registration or license to a person who
99	99	holds a valid registration as a ringside physician or timekeeper
100	100	issued under Chapter 2052, Occupations Code, as that chapter
101	101	existed immediately before the effective date of this Act.
102	102	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.