Bill Text: TX HB332 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the licensure of athletic trainers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - Referred to Public Health [HB332 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB332-Introduced.html

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82R655 YDB-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 332

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensure of athletic trainers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 451.152, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 451.152. LICENSE APPLICATION. An applicant for an
athletic trainer license must submit to the board[:
[(1)] an application on a form prescribed by the board
accompanied by:
(1) [; and
[(2)] the required examination fee if the applicant is
applying to take the examination administered by the board; or
(2) a fee of $500 if the applicant has satisfactorily
completed a national examination or other examination recognized by
the board relating to the practice of athletic training.
SECTION 2. Section 451.156, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 451.156. REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSE ISSUANCE. An
applicant for an athletic trainer license is entitled to receive
the license if the applicant:
(1) satisfies the requirements of Section 451.153 or
451.154;
(2) satisfactorily completes:
(A) the examination administered by the board; or
(B) a national examination or other examination
recognized by the board relating to the practice of athletic
training;
(3) pays the [required] license fee and other required
fees; and
(4) has not committed an act that constitutes grounds
for refusal of a license under Section 451.251.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
451.152 and 451.156, Occupations Code, apply to an application for
an athletic trainer license submitted to the Advisory Board of
Athletic Trainers on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application for a license submitted before that date is governed by
the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.