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1	1	By: Craddick (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 588
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
3	3	April 18, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
4	4	and Human Services; May 13, 2013, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy;
11	11	authorizing fees.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 453.151, Occupations Code, is amended by
14	14	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
15	15	(c) Information maintained by the executive council or the
16	16	board under this chapter regarding the home address or personal
17	17	telephone number of a person licensed under this chapter or a person
18	18	who is an owner or manager of a physical therapy facility registered
19	19	under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure
20	20	under Chapter 552, Government Code. A person licensed under this
21	21	chapter or a person who is an owner or manager of a physical therapy
22	22	facility registered under this chapter must provide the board with
23	23	a business address or address of record that will be subject to
24	24	disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
25	25	SECTION 2. Section 453.212, Occupations Code, is amended to
26	26	read as follows:
27	27	Sec. 453.212. DISPLAY OF LICENSE [AND RENEWAL CERTIFICATE].
28	28	A license holder under this chapter shall display the license
29	29	holder's license [and renewal certificate] in a conspicuous place
30	30	in the principal office in which the license holder practices
31	31	physical therapy.
32	32	SECTION 3. Sections 453.252(b), (c), and (d), Occupations
33	33	Code, are amended to read as follows:
34	34	(b) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or
35	35	less may renew the license by paying to the executive council the
36	36	renewal fee and a late fee set by the executive council in an amount
37	37	that does not exceed one-half [that is equal to half] of the amount
38	38	charged for examination for the license. If a person's license has
39	39	been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the
40	40	person may renew the license by paying to the executive council all
41	41	unpaid renewal fees and a late fee set by the executive council in
42	42	an amount that does not exceed [that is equal to] the amount charged
43	43	for examination for the license.
44	44	(c) A person whose license has been expired for one year or
45	45	longer must comply with the board's requirements and procedures to
46	46	reinstate the license and pay a reinstatement fee in the amount set
47	47	by the executive council [may not renew the license]. If the person
48	48	is unable to comply with the board's requirements to reinstate the
49	49	license, the [The] person may obtain a new license by submitting to
50	50	reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures
51	51	for obtaining an original license.
52	52	(d) At least 30 days before the expiration of a person's
53	53	license, the executive council shall provide the person with [send
54	54	written] notice of the impending license expiration [to the person
55	55	at the person's last known address according to the records of the
56	56	executive council].
57	57	SECTION 4. Section 453.253, Occupations Code, is amended to
58	58	read as follows:
59	59	Sec. 453.253. RENEWAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE BY OUT-OF-STATE
60	60	PRACTITIONER. (a) The board may renew without reexamination the
61	61	expired license of a person who was licensed to practice as a
62	62	physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in this state,
63	63	moved to another state, [and] is currently licensed and in good
64	64	standing [has been in practice] in the other state, and meets the
65	65	board's requirements for renewal [for the two years preceding
66	66	application].
67	67	(b) The person must pay to the executive council a renewal
68	68	fee set by the executive council in an amount that does not exceed
69	69	[that is equal to] the examination fee for the license.
70	70	SECTION 5. (a) Not later than December 1, 2013, the Texas
71	71	Board of Physical Therapy Examiners and the Executive Council of
72	72	Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners shall adopt
73	73	rules and fees necessary to implement Sections 453.252 and 453.253,
74	74	Occupations Code, as amended by this Act.
75	75	(b) Sections 453.252 and 453.253, Occupations Code, as
76	76	amended by this Act, apply only to the renewal of a physical
77	77	therapist or physical therapist assistant license that expires on
78	78	or after December 1, 2013. A license that expires before that date
79	79	is governed by the law in effect on the date the license expires,
80	80	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
81	81	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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