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