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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of cease and desist orders by the Texas |
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Medical Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 165.052, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If it appears to the board that a person who is not |
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licensed under this subtitle is violating this subtitle, a rule |
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adopted under this subtitle, or another state statute or rule |
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relating to the practice of medicine, the board [after notice and
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opportunity for a hearing] may issue a cease and desist order |
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prohibiting the person from engaging in the activity. Before |
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issuing the order, the board must provide the person with the same |
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notice and the same opportunity for an informal proceeding and a |
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formal hearing as provided to a license holder under Chapter 164. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a hearing for which notice is provided under Section 165.052, |
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Occupations Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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hearing for which notice is provided before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect when the notice is |
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provided, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |