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1	1	By: Carona S.B. No. 618
2	2	(Vo)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the elimination of the licensing and registration
8	8	requirements for ringside physicians and timekeepers for combative
9	9	sports events.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subdivision (20), Section 2052.002, Occupations
12	12	Code, is amended to read as follows:
13	13	(20) "Ringside physician" means an individual who has
14	14	an unrestricted and unlimited license [licensed] to practice
15	15	medicine in this state and who, by agreement, is assigned as the
16	16	physician for a combative sports event [registered with the
17	17	department].
18	18	SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 2052.052, Occupations
19	19	Code, is amended to read as follows:
20	20	(b) The commission may adopt rules:
21	21	(1) governing boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, or
22	22	mixed martial arts contests and exhibitions;
23	23	(2) establishing reasonable qualifications for an
24	24	applicant seeking a license or registration from the department
25	25	under this chapter;
26	26	(3) recognizing a sanction, medical suspension, or
27	27	disqualification of a licensee or registrant by a combative sports
28	28	authority in any state, provided that if licensure or registration
29	29	is denied based on those actions, an applicant has an opportunity
30	30	for a hearing as prescribed by rule;
31	31	(4) establishing selection criteria and procedures
32	32	for the assignment of individuals who agree to act as ringside
33	33	physicians and timekeepers for combative sports events [practice
34	34	requirements or specialty certifications that a person licensed to
35	35	practice medicine in this state must meet to register as a ringside
36	36	physician];
37	37	(5) requiring a contestant to present with an
38	38	application for licensure or license renewal documentation of
39	39	recent blood test results that demonstrate whether the contestant
40	40	is free from hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human
41	41	immunodeficiency virus, and any other communicable disease
42	42	designated by commission rule and providing that a contestant's
43	43	failure to provide the required blood test results disqualifies the
44	44	contestant;
45	45	(6) providing that to participate in any event a
46	46	contestant must be free of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus,
47	47	human immunodeficiency virus, and any other communicable disease
48	48	designated by rule;
49	49	(7) requiring that a contestant present with an
50	50	application for licensure or license renewal documentation of the
51	51	results of a physical examination, including an ophthalmologic
52	52	examination, and providing for disqualification of a contestant who
53	53	is determined by an examining physician to be unfit;
54	54	(8) establishing additional responsibilities for
55	55	promoters; and
56	56	(9) governing regulated amateur events.
57	57	SECTION 3. Section 2052.107, Occupations Code, is amended
58	58	to read as follows:
59	59	Sec. 2052.107. OTHER COMBATIVE SPORTS LICENSES. Unless a
60	60	person holds a license or registration issued under this chapter,
61	61	the person may not act as a combative sports:
62	62	(1) professional contestant;
63	63	(2) manager of a professional contestant;
64	64	(3) referee;
65	65	(4) judge;
66	66	(5) second;
67	67	(6) [timekeeper;
68	68	[(7)] matchmaker;
69	69	[(8) ringside physician;] or
70	70	(7) [(9)] event coordinator.
71	71	SECTION 4. (a) A disciplinary or administrative
72	72	proceeding pending under Chapter 51 or 2052, Occupations Code, that
73	73	is related to a violation of licensing or registration requirements
74	74	for a timekeeper or ringside physician under Chapter 2052,
75	75	Occupations Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the
76	76	effective date of this Act, is dismissed.
77	77	(b) An administrative penalty assessed by the Texas
78	78	Commission of Licensing and Regulation or the executive director of
79	79	the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Chapter
80	80	2052, Occupations Code, related to a violation of Chapter 2052,
81	81	Occupations Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the
82	82	effective date of this Act, may be collected as provided by Chapter
83	83	51, Occupations Code.
84	84	(c) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
85	85	pending prosecution of an offense under Chapter 2052, Occupations
86	86	Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date
87	87	of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this
88	88	Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was
89	89	committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
90	90	purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
91	91	before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
92	92	occurred before that date.
93	93	(d) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
94	94	Act, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall return
95	95	a prorated portion of the fee paid to the department for the
96	96	issuance or renewal of the registration or license to a person who
97	97	holds a valid registration as a ringside physician or timekeeper
98	98	issued under Chapter 2052, Occupations Code, as that chapter
99	99	existed immediately before the effective date of this Act.
100	100	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.