Bill Text: TX HB2299 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 2299 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from licensing requirements for physicians associated with certain sports teams.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2299 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2299-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 2299




	AN ACT
	relating to an exemption from licensing requirements for physicians
	associated with certain sports teams.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 151, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 151.0521 to read as follows:
	Sec. 151.0521. EXEMPTION FOR SPORTS TEAM PHYSICIAN. A
	person is exempt from the licensing requirements of this subtitle
	and may engage in the practice of medicine in this state if the
	person:
	(1) is employed or designated as a team physician by a
	sports team visiting this state for a specific sporting event;
	(2) is licensed to practice medicine in the team's home
	state; and
	(3) limits the person's practice of medicine in this
	state to treating, during the period beginning on the date the team
	arrives in this state for the event and ending on the date the team
	leaves this state:
	(A) the members, coaches, and staff of the team;
	and
	(B) a family member of a person described by
	Paragraph (A) if the family member is visiting this state for the
	event.
	SECTION 2. Section 451.003, Occupations Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 451.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply
	to:
	(1) a physician licensed by the Texas Medical Board or
	engaged in the practice of medicine as authorized by Section
	151.0521;
	(2) a dentist, licensed under the laws of this state,
	engaged in the practice of dentistry;
	(3) a licensed optometrist or therapeutic optometrist
	engaged in the practice of optometry or therapeutic optometry as
	defined by statute;
	(4) an occupational therapist engaged in the practice
	of occupational therapy;
	(5) a nurse engaged in the practice of nursing;
	(6) a licensed podiatrist engaged in the practice of
	podiatry as defined by statute;
	(7) a physical therapist engaged in the practice of
	physical therapy;
	(8) a registered massage therapist engaged in the
	practice of massage therapy;
	(9) a commissioned or contract physician, physical
	therapist, or physical therapist assistant in the United States
	Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service; or
	(10) an athletic trainer who does not live in this
	state, who is licensed, registered, or certified by an authority
	recognized by the department, and who provides athletic training in
	this state for a period determined by the department.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2299 was passed by the House on April
	18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2299 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor