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| 1 | 1 | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1556 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the classification of certain programs as postsecondary | |
| 7 | 7 | education programs. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 455.203, Occupations Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (e) The course of instruction in massage therapy provided by | |
| 12 | 12 | a licensed massage school is a postsecondary education program. | |
| 13 | 13 | (f) A massage school that provides instruction to persons | |
| 14 | 14 | beyond the age of compulsory education is authorized to operate | |
| 15 | 15 | educational programs in massage therapy at the postsecondary level. | |
| 16 | 16 | (g) Subsections (e) and (f) shall not create any additional | |
| 17 | 17 | regulatory authority for the Department or requirements for schools | |
| 18 | 18 | licensed under this chapter. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 20 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 21 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |