Bill Text: TX SB1867 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the scope of practice for chiropractors.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-17 - Committee report printed and distributed [SB1867 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1867-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Hinojosa, Perry | S.B. No. 1867 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 18, 2019, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; | ||
| May 17, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
| Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 3; May 17, 2019, | ||
| sent to printer.) | ||
| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1867 | By: Perry | |
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| relating to the scope of practice for chiropractors. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 201.002(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subdivision (3-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (3-a) "Neuromusculoskeletal system" means the | ||
| musculoskeletal and nervous systems in relation to disorders that | ||
| manifest in both systems, including disorders of a biomechanical | ||
| or functional nature. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 201.002(b), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A person practices chiropractic under this chapter if | ||
| the person: | ||
| (1) uses objective or subjective means to diagnose, | ||
| analyze, examine, or evaluate the biomechanical condition of the | ||
| spine and neuromusculoskeletal [ |
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| human body; | ||
| (2) performs nonsurgical, nonincisive procedures, | ||
| including adjustment and manipulation, to improve the subluxation | ||
| complex or the biomechanics of the neuromusculoskeletal | ||
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| (3) represents to the public that the person is a | ||
| chiropractor; or | ||
| (4) uses the term "chiropractor," "chiropractic," | ||
| "doctor of chiropractic," "D.C.," or any derivative of those terms | ||
| or initials in connection with the person's name. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 201.003, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) This chapter does not permit the unauthorized | ||
| practice of medicine. | ||
| SECTION 4. The amendments made by this Act are a | ||
| clarification of existing law in light of ongoing litigation over | ||
| whether any part of the nervous system is within the scope of | ||
| chiropractic and do not imply that existing law may be construed as | ||
| inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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, 2019. | ||
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