Bill Text: TX SB14 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-06-30 - Filed [SB14 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB14-Introduced.html
| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 14 | |
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| relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 701.002, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subdivision (1-a) and adding Subdivisions (1-b), (1-c), | ||
| (10), and (11) to read as follows: | ||
| (1-a) "Certifying entity" means: | ||
| (A) the Commission on Dietetic Registration; or | ||
| (B) another entity that has standards equivalent | ||
| to the standards of the entity described by Paragraph (A), is | ||
| accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies to | ||
| issue credentials for the professional practice of dietetics, and | ||
| is approved by the department. | ||
| (1-b) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of | ||
| Licensing and Regulation. | ||
| (1-c) "Commission on Dietetic Registration" means the | ||
| commission that is accredited by the National Commission for | ||
| Certifying Agencies to issue credentials for the professional | ||
| practice of dietetics. | ||
| (10) "Registered dietitian" means a person who is | ||
| credentialed by a certifying entity as a registered dietitian. | ||
| (11) "Registered dietitian nutritionist" means a | ||
| person who is credentialed by a certifying entity as a registered | ||
| dietitian nutritionist. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 701.251(b) and (c), Occupations Code, | ||
| are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Unless the person holds an appropriate license issued | ||
| under this chapter, a person may not: | ||
| (1) use the title or represent or imply that the person | ||
| has the title "licensed dietitian" [ |
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| (2) use a facsimile of that title [ |
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| indicate or imply that the person is a licensed dietitian [ |
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| (c) Unless the person is a [ |
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| or registered dietitian nutritionist [ |
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| (1) use the title or represent or imply that the person | ||
| has the title "registered dietitian" or "registered dietitian | ||
| nutritionist" or use the letters "RD" or "RDN"; or | ||
| (2) use a facsimile of those titles [ |
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| indicate or imply that the person is a [ |
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| dietitian or registered dietitian nutritionist [ |
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| SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 701.2525 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 701.2525. LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS. An applicant for a | ||
| dietitian license must provide evidence satisfactory to the | ||
| department that the applicant: | ||
| (1) is a registered dietitian or registered dietitian | ||
| nutritionist; | ||
| (2) has met the following education and experience | ||
| requirements: | ||
| (A) possesses at least a master's degree, | ||
| accepted by the certifying entity, conferred by a regionally | ||
| accredited college or university under an accredited program that | ||
| is recognized by the United States Secretary of Education under the | ||
| Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 1001 et seq.); and | ||
| (B) has completed an internship, didactic | ||
| program, or other supervised experience or practice program in | ||
| dietetics practice that is accepted by the certifying entity and is | ||
| accredited by a body recognized by the United States Secretary of | ||
| Education under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1001 et seq.); | ||
| (3) has passed the examination given by the applicable | ||
| certifying entity; | ||
| (4) is in compliance with all professional, ethical, | ||
| and disciplinary standards established by the applicable | ||
| certifying entity; and | ||
| (5) is not subject to any disciplinary action by the | ||
| applicable certifying entity. | ||
| SECTION 4. Sections 701.2575(a) and (b), Occupations Code, | ||
| are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The department shall develop and administer [ |
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| an applicant's knowledge of this chapter, commission rules under | ||
| this chapter, and any other applicable laws of this state affecting | ||
| the applicant's dietetics practice. | ||
| (b) In addition to the [ |
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| Section 701.2525 [ |
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| examination to qualify for a license under this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 701.304, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 701.304. GROUNDS FOR REFUSING RENEWAL. The commission | ||
| or department may refuse to renew the license of a person who fails | ||
| to pay an administrative penalty imposed against the person under | ||
| Subchapter F, Chapter 51 [ |
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| stayed or a court has ordered that the administrative penalty is not | ||
| owed. | ||
| SECTION 6. The following provisions of the Occupations Code | ||
| are repealed: | ||
| (1) Section 701.002(9); | ||
| (2) Section 701.1511; | ||
| (3) Section 701.251(a); | ||
| (4) Section 701.253; | ||
| (5) Section 701.254; | ||
| (6) Section 701.403; and | ||
| (7) the heading to Subchapter K, Chapter 701. | ||
| SECTION 7. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to | ||
| Subchapter F, Chapter 701, Occupations Code, apply only to an | ||
| application for a dietitian license submitted on or after January | ||
| 1, 2024. An application for a dietitian license submitted before | ||
| January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in effect immediately before | ||
| the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| (b) A person who holds a dietitian license under Chapter | ||
| 701, Occupations Code, on the effective date of this Act may | ||
| continue to renew that license without complying with Section | ||
| 701.2525, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Section 701.2525, Occupations Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, a person who was credentialed as a registered | ||
| dietitian or registered dietitian nutritionist as defined by | ||
| Section 701.002, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, before | ||
| January 1, 2024, and who continues to hold that credential may apply | ||
| for a dietitian license without complying with Subchapter F, | ||
| Chapter 701, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. An | ||
| application for a dietitian license submitted by a person described | ||
| by this subsection is governed by the law in effect immediately | ||
| before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
