Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R10114 DNC-F
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2444
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the regulation of sanitarians and sanitarians in
10	10	training.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 1953.001, Occupations Code, is amended
13	13	by amending Subdivision (3) and adding Subdivision (3-a) to read as
14	14	follows:
15	15	(3) "Sanitarian" means an individual [a person]
16	16	trained in sanitary science to perform duties relating to education
17	17	and inspections in environmental sanitation.
18	18	(3-a) "Sanitarian in training" means an individual
19	19	training in sanitary science while engaged in sanitation.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 1953.003, Occupations Code, is amended
21	21	to read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 1953.003. EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to
23	23	an individual [a person], including a physician, dentist, engineer,
24	24	or veterinarian, who is licensed by an agency of this state other
25	25	than the department and who, by nature of the individual's
26	26	[person's] employment or duties, might be construed as being
27	27	subject to this chapter.
28	28	SECTION 3. Section 1953.101, Occupations Code, is amended
29	29	to read as follows:
30	30	Sec. 1953.101. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. An individual [A
31	31	person] who engages or offers to engage in work in sanitation may
32	32	not represent that the individual [person] is a sanitarian or use a
33	33	title containing the word "sanitarian" unless the individual
34	34	[person] holds a certificate of registration under this chapter.
35	35	SECTION 4. Section 1953.102, Occupations Code, is amended
36	36	to read as follows:
37	37	Sec. 1953.102. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) To be
38	38	eligible to receive a certificate of registration as a
39	39	[professional] sanitarian, an individual [a person] must:
40	40	(1) hold at least a bachelor's degree from an
41	41	accredited college or university that includes at least 30 semester
42	42	hours in basic or applied science;
43	43	(2) complete any additional training in the basic
44	44	sciences or public health the department determines necessary to
45	45	effectively serve as a [professional] sanitarian; and
46	46	(3) have at least two years of full-time experience in
47	47	sanitation.
48	48	(b) The commission by rule may establish additional [other]
49	49	qualifications for registration.
50	50	SECTION 5. The heading to Section 1953.104, Occupations
51	51	Code, is amended to read as follows:
52	52	Sec. 1953.104. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE: [PROFESSIONAL]
53	53	SANITARIAN; TERM.
54	54	SECTION 6. Section 1953.104(a), Occupations Code, is
55	55	amended to read as follows:
56	56	(a) The department shall issue a certificate of
57	57	registration as a [professional] sanitarian to an individual [a
58	58	person] who:
59	59	(1) applies in the manner and on the form prescribed by
60	60	the executive director;
61	61	(2) pays the registration fee set by the commission by
62	62	rule;
63	63	(3) meets the eligibility requirements prescribed by
64	64	Section 1953.102 and commission rule; and
65	65	(4) passes the [an] examination required by Section
66	66	1953.151 [under Subchapter D].
67	67	SECTION 7. Section 1953.105(a), Occupations Code, is
68	68	amended to read as follows:
69	69	(a) The department shall issue a certificate of
70	70	registration as a sanitarian in training to an individual [a
71	71	person] who:
72	72	(1) is employed in sanitation;
73	73	(2) meets the eligibility requirements prescribed by
74	74	Section 1953.102, other than the requirements relating to
75	75	experience;
76	76	(3) has less than one year of full-time experience in
77	77	sanitation;
78	78	(4) pays a registration fee prescribed by the
79	79	commission by rule for a sanitarian in training; and
80	80	(5) [(4)] passes an examination under Subchapter D.
81	81	SECTION 8. Section 1953.106, Occupations Code, is amended
82	82	to read as follows:
83	83	Sec. 1953.106. RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE. The department
84	84	shall [To] renew a certificate of registration under this chapter
85	85	if the certificate holder [, a professional sanitarian must]:
86	86	(1) pays [pay] to the department a renewal fee
87	87	prescribed by the commission by rule; and
88	88	(2) provides [provide] proof of completion of any
89	89	applicable continuing education requirements prescribed by the
90	90	commission by rule.
91	91	SECTION 9. Section 1953.201(a), Occupations Code, is
92	92	amended to read as follows:
93	93	(a) The commission or executive director may deny an
94	94	individual's [a person's] application for a certificate of
95	95	registration if:
96	96	(1) the individual's [person's] certificate or license
97	97	to engage in a profession in this state or elsewhere has been
98	98	revoked for unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit, negligence, or
99	99	misconduct in the practice of the profession; or
100	100	(2) satisfactory proof is presented to the commission
101	101	or executive director establishing that the individual [person] has
102	102	been found guilty of unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit,
103	103	negligence, or misconduct in the practice of a profession.
104	104	SECTION 10. Sections 1953.151(b) and (c), Occupations Code,
105	105	are repealed.
106	106	SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.