S.B. No. 1271
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirement that an orthotist or a prosthetist be
  licensed as a device manufacturer if fabricating or assembling
  without an order from certain health care professionals.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 605, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 605.2515 to read as follows:
         Sec. 605.2515.  ADDITIONAL LICENSE:  DEVICE MANUFACTURER. A
  person licensed to practice orthotics or prosthetics who measures,
  designs, fabricates, fits, assembles, adjusts, or services an
  orthosis or a prosthesis under an order from a licensed physician,
  chiropractor, or podiatrist for a specific patient is exempt from
  licensing as a device manufacturer under Subchapter L, Chapter 431,
  Health and Safety Code. A person licensed to practice orthotics or
  prosthetics who fabricates or assembles an orthosis or a prosthesis
  without an order from a licensed physician, chiropractor, or
  podiatrist for a specific patient is required to be licensed as a
  device manufacturer under Subchapter L, Chapter 431, Health and
  Safety Code.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1271 passed the Senate on
  April 23, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1271 passed the House on
  May 15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor