Bill Text: TX HB1867 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration by certain health care professionals of treatments, therapy, or medication ordered by an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Public Health [HB1867 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1867-Introduced.html
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By: Klick | H.B. No. 1867 |
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relating to the administration by certain health care professionals | ||
of treatments, therapy, or medication ordered by an optometrist or | ||
therapeutic optometrist. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 301.002(2), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(2) "Professional nursing" means the performance of an | ||
act that requires substantial specialized judgment and skill, the | ||
proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application | ||
of the principles of biological, physical, and social science as | ||
acquired by a completed course in an approved school of | ||
professional nursing. The term does not include acts of medical | ||
diagnosis or the prescription of therapeutic or corrective | ||
measures. Professional nursing involves: | ||
(A) the observation, assessment, intervention, | ||
evaluation, rehabilitation, care and counsel, or health teachings | ||
of a person who is ill, injured, infirm, or experiencing a change in | ||
normal health processes; | ||
(B) the maintenance of health or prevention of | ||
illness; | ||
(C) the administration of a medication or | ||
treatment as ordered by a physician, podiatrist, [ |
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therapeutic optometrist; | ||
(D) the supervision or teaching of nursing; | ||
(E) the administration, supervision, and | ||
evaluation of nursing practices, policies, and procedures; | ||
(F) the requesting, receiving, signing for, and | ||
distribution of prescription drug samples to patients at sites in | ||
which a registered nurse is authorized to sign prescription drug | ||
orders as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157; | ||
(G) the performance of an act delegated by a | ||
physician under Section 157.052, 157.053, 157.054, 157.0541, | ||
157.0542, 157.058, or 157.059; and | ||
(H) the development of the nursing care plan. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 453.001(9), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(9) "Referring practitioner" means a qualified | ||
licensed health care professional who, within the scope of | ||
professional licensure, may refer a person for health care | ||
services. The term includes: | ||
(A) a physician licensed to practice medicine by | ||
a state board of medical examiners; | ||
(B) a dentist licensed by a state board of dental | ||
examiners; | ||
(C) a chiropractor licensed by a state board of | ||
chiropractic examiners; [ |
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(D) a podiatrist licensed by a state board of | ||
podiatric medical examiners; and | ||
(E) an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist | ||
licensed by a state board of optometry. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 454.213(b), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) Implementation of direct occupational therapy to a | ||
person for a specific health care condition must be based on a | ||
referral from: | ||
(1) a physician licensed by a state board of medical | ||
examiners; | ||
(2) a dentist licensed by a state board of dental | ||
examiners; | ||
(3) a chiropractor licensed by a state board of | ||
chiropractic examiners; | ||
(4) a podiatrist licensed by a state board of | ||
podiatric medical examiners; [ |
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(5) an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist | ||
licensed by a state board of optometry; or | ||
(6) another qualified, licensed health care | ||
professional who is authorized to refer for health care services | ||
within the scope of the professional's license. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |