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| 1 | 1 | 85R5568 DMS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Uresti S.B. No. 1513 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to continuing education requirements for noncertified | |
| 8 | 8 | surgical technologists. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 259.002, Health and | |
| 11 | 11 | Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 259.002. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRACTICING SURGICAL | |
| 13 | 13 | TECHNOLOGY; CONTINUING EDUCATION. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Section 259.002, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 15 | 15 | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (d) A person employed by a health care facility to practice | |
| 17 | 17 | surgical technology under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) or Subsection | |
| 18 | 18 | (c) shall complete fifteen hours of continuing education each year | |
| 19 | 19 | and submit evidence of the satisfactory completion of the | |
| 20 | 20 | continuing education to the facility. The facility may not | |
| 21 | 21 | continue to employ the person if the person does not complete the | |
| 22 | 22 | continuing education required by this subsection. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 259.002(d), Health and | |
| 24 | 24 | Safety Code, as added by this Act, a person employed by a health | |
| 25 | 25 | care facility to practice surgical technology is not required to | |
| 26 | 26 | complete the continuing education before September 1, 2018. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |