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1	1	By: Huffman S.B. No. 141
2	2	(S. Davis of Harris)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the requirements for issuance of a license to practice
8	8	orthotics and prosthetics.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (c), Section 605.252,
11	11	Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:
12	12	(b) The requirements for a license established by board rule
13	13	must include the requirement that the applicant hold:
14	14	(1) a bachelor's or graduate degree in orthotics and
15	15	prosthetics from:
16	16	(A) an education program recognized and
17	17	accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
18	18	Education Programs that is offered at an institution of higher
19	19	education; or
20	20	(B) a practitioner education program that has
21	21	education standards that are equivalent to or exceed the standards
22	22	adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
23	23	Education Programs; or
24	24	(2) a bachelor's degree in another subject and an
25	25	orthotic or prosthetic certificate issued by a practitioner
26	26	education program:
27	27	(A) recognized and accredited by the Commission
28	28	on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
29	29	(B) that has education standards that are
30	30	equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on
31	31	Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
32	32	(c) To meet the clinical residency requirements for a
33	33	license, the applicant must complete a [at least 1,900 hours of]
34	34	professional clinical residency that meets the requirements
35	35	established by board rule and is conducted under the direct
36	36	supervision of a licensed orthotist, licensed prosthetist, or a
37	37	licensed prosthetist orthotist in the discipline for which
38	38	licensure is sought. The clinical residency requirements adopted
39	39	by the board must be equivalent to or exceed the standards set by
40	40	the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education.
41	41	SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 605.258, Occupations
42	42	Code, is amended to read as follows:
43	43	(a) The board may issue a student registration certificate
44	44	to an individual who is working toward fulfilling the requirements
45	45	for a license as an orthotist, prosthetist, or prosthetist
46	46	orthotist and:
47	47	(1) holds either:
48	48	(A) [(1)] a bachelor's or graduate degree in
49	49	orthotics and prosthetics from:
50	50	(i) [(A)] an education program recognized
51	51	and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
52	52	Education Programs that is offered at an institution of higher
53	53	education; or
54	54	(ii) [(B)] a practitioner education
55	55	program that has education standards that are equivalent to or
56	56	exceed the standards adopted by the Commission on Accreditation of
57	57	Allied Health Education Programs; or
58	58	(B) [(2)] a bachelor's degree in another
59	59	subject and an orthotic or prosthetic certificate issued by a
60	60	practitioner education program:
61	61	(i) [(A)] recognized and accredited by the
62	62	Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
63	63	(ii) [(B)] that has education standards
64	64	that are equivalent to or exceed the standards adopted by the
65	65	Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs; or
66	66	(2) is a student who:
67	67	(A) is currently enrolled in a graduate program
68	68	in this state in orthotics and prosthetics that:
69	69	(i) is recognized and accredited by the
70	70	Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs;
71	71	and
72	72	(ii) incorporates a professional clinical
73	73	residency that meets the requirements of rules adopted under
74	74	Section 605.252(c); and
75	75	(B) submits to the board a written certification
76	76	from the graduate program in which the student is enrolled that the
77	77	student has successfully completed the academic prerequisites to
78	78	enter a professional clinical residency.
79	79	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Chapter
80	80	605, Occupations Code, apply only to an application for a license or
81	81	student registration certificate submitted to the Texas Board of
82	82	Orthotics and Prosthetics on or after January 1, 2014. An
83	83	application submitted before January 1, 2014, is governed by the
84	84	law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
85	85	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
86	86	SECTION 4. The Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics
87	87	shall adopt rules to implement the changes in law made by this Act
88	88	not later than December 1, 2013.
89	89	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
90	90	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
91	91	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
92	92	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
93	93	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.