| 1 | 1 | | 87R3863 JCG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Buckingham S.B. No. 497 |
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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 issuance of an anesthesiologist assistant |
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| 8 | 8 | | certificate by the Texas Medical Board; providing an administrative |
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| 9 | 9 | | penalty. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 3, Occupations Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Chapter 207 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | CHAPTER 207. ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 207.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) "Anesthesiologist assistant" means a person who |
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| 16 | 16 | | holds a certificate issued under this chapter. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 207.002. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The medical board |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall administer and enforce this chapter. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 207.003. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE. The medical board |
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| 21 | 21 | | shall issue a certificate to an applicant who: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) submits proof of completion of a graduate level |
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| 23 | 23 | | training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of |
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| 24 | 24 | | Allied Health Education Programs or its successor organization; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) passes a certifying examination administered by |
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| 26 | 26 | | the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist |
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| 27 | 27 | | Assistants or its successor organization not later than 12 months |
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| 28 | 28 | | from the date of completion of the training program required under |
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| 29 | 29 | | Subdivision (1); |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) submits proof of current certification from the |
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| 31 | 31 | | National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist |
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| 32 | 32 | | Assistants or its successor organization; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) meets any additional qualifications adopted by the |
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| 34 | 34 | | medical board by rule. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 207.004. USE OF TITLE. (a) A person may not use the |
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| 36 | 36 | | title "anesthesiologist assistant" or represent that the person is |
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| 37 | 37 | | an anesthesiologist assistant unless the person holds a certificate |
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| 38 | 38 | | issued under this chapter. The medical board may impose an |
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| 39 | 39 | | administrative penalty in an amount to be determined by the board in |
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| 40 | 40 | | the same manner and using the same procedures as Subchapter A, |
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| 41 | 41 | | Chapter 165, on a person who violates this subsection. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) A student in an anesthesiologist assistant training |
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| 43 | 43 | | program shall be identified as a student anesthesiologist assistant |
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| 44 | 44 | | or an anesthesiologist assistant student. A student may not use or |
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| 45 | 45 | | permit to be used on the student's behalf the term "intern," |
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| 46 | 46 | | "resident," or "fellow," or another term that identifies the |
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| 47 | 47 | | student as a physician or surgeon. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. Not later than June 1, 2022, the Texas Medical |
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| 49 | 49 | | Board shall adopt the rules and procedures necessary to administer |
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| 50 | 50 | | Chapter 207, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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| 52 | 52 | | section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b) Section 207.004, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, |
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| 54 | 54 | | takes effect September 1, 2022. |
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