Bill Text: TX HB3505 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Optometry Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred directly to subcommittee by chair [HB3505 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3505-Introduced.html
By: VanDeaver | H.B. No. 3505 |
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relating to the authority of the Texas Optometry Board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 351.151, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The board may provide an interpretation of a provision | ||
of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, including by | ||
issuing an advisory opinion or declaratory ruling. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 351, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 351.170 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 351.170. SOLE AUTHORITY OVER PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY. | ||
The board has sole authority to regulate optometrists and | ||
therapeutic optometrists and to determine the scope of practice of | ||
an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas | ||
Optometry Board shall adopt rules necessary to implement the | ||
changes in law made by this Act to Chapter 351, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |