88R20148 DIO-F
By: Goodwin, et al. H.B. No. 1106
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the training of and the provision of acupuncture
services by an acudetox specialist.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 205.303, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 205.303. ACUDETOX SPECIALIST. (a) The medical board
may certify a person as an acudetox specialist under this section if
the person:
(1) provides to the medical board documentation that
the person:
(A) is a licensed social worker, licensed
professional counselor, including a person licensed under Section
503.308, licensed psychologist, licensed chemical dependency
counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed
marriage and family therapist associate, licensed vocational
nurse, [or] licensed registered nurse, licensed physician
assistant, or other licensed or certified professional approved by
the medical board; and
(B) has successfully completed a training
program in auricular acudetox [acupuncture detoxification] that
meets or exceeds the training [guidelines] approved by the medical
board; and
(2) pays a certification fee in an amount set by the
medical board.
(b) An acudetox specialist may practice five-point
auricular acupuncture only[:
[(1)] to the extent allowed by rules adopted by the
medical board for the treatment of addiction, trauma, or physical,
emotional, or psychological stress [alcoholism, substance abuse,
or chemical dependency; and
[(2) under the supervision of a licensed acupuncturist
or physician].
(c) An [A program that includes the services of an] acudetox
specialist shall:
(1) obtain informed consent from each client and
notify each client [participant in the program] of the
qualifications of the acudetox specialist and of the procedure for
registering a complaint regarding the acudetox specialist with the
medical board; and
(2) keep a record of each client's name and[,] the date
the client received the acudetox specialist's services,
accompanied by the signature and printed name [and the name,
signature, and certification number] of the acudetox specialist.
(d) The [medical board may annually renew the]
certification of an acudetox specialist expires on the third
anniversary of the date of issuance and may be renewed before the
expiration of the certification [under this section] if the person:
(1) provides to the medical board documentation that:
(A) the certification or license required under
Subsection (a)(1)(A) is in effect; and
(B) the person has successfully met continuing
education requirements established by the medical board under
Subsection (e); and
(2) pays a certification renewal fee in an amount set
by the medical board.
(e) The medical board by rule shall establish continuing
education requirements for an acudetox specialist [that, at a
minimum, include six hours of education in the practice of
acupuncture and a course in either clean needle technique or
universal infection control precaution procedures]. The board
shall require in rules adopted under this subsection that the
certification of an acudetox specialist may not be renewed unless
the person completes at least three hours of continuing education
in the licensing period before applying for the renewal.
SECTION 2. Section 205.303(a), Occupations Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to an application for certification or
renewal of certification as an acudetox specialist submitted on or
after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.