Bill Text: TX SB1424 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of cease and desist orders by the Texas Medical Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-21 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [SB1424 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1424-Engrossed.html
By: Wentworth | S.B. No. 1424 |
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relating to the issuance of cease and desist orders by the Texas | ||
Medical Board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 165.052, Occupations | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) If it appears to the board that a person who is not | ||
licensed under this subtitle is violating this subtitle, a rule | ||
adopted under this subtitle, or another state statute or rule | ||
relating to the practice of medicine, the board [ |
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prohibiting the person from engaging in the activity. Before | ||
issuing the order, the board must provide the person with the same | ||
notice and the same opportunity for an informal proceeding and a | ||
formal hearing as provided to a license holder under Chapter 164. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a hearing for which notice is provided under Section 165.052, | ||
Occupations Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
hearing for which notice is provided before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect when the notice is | ||
provided, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |