| 1 | 1 | | 84R1275 EES-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Perry S.B. No. 1544 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the practice of chiropractic. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 201.002(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) A person practices chiropractic under this chapter if |
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| 12 | 12 | | the person: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) uses objective or subjective means to analyze, |
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| 14 | 14 | | examine, [or] evaluate, or diagnose the biomechanical condition of |
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| 15 | 15 | | the spine and musculoskeletal system of the human body; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) performs nonsurgical, nonincisive procedures, |
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| 17 | 17 | | including adjustment and manipulation, to improve the subluxation |
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| 18 | 18 | | complex or the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) in the course of practicing as provided by |
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| 20 | 20 | | Subdivisions (1) and (2), identifies and provisionally diagnoses a |
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| 21 | 21 | | disease or condition for which treatment by the practice of |
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| 22 | 22 | | chiropractic is contraindicated and for the purpose of referring a |
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| 23 | 23 | | patient to another health care practitioner; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) represents to the public that the person is a |
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| 25 | 25 | | chiropractor; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (5) [(4)] uses the term "chiropractor," |
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| 27 | 27 | | "chiropractic," "doctor of chiropractic," "D.C.," or any |
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| 28 | 28 | | derivative of those terms or initials in connection with the |
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| 29 | 29 | | person's name. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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