H.B. No. 2703
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of orthotists and prosthetists.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 605.002(14) and (18), Occupations Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
               (14)  "Orthotics" means the science and practice of
  measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting,
  or servicing an orthosis under an order from a licensed physician,
  chiropractor, or podiatrist, or an advanced practice nurse or
  physician assistant acting under the delegation and supervision of
  a licensed physician as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157, and
  rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board, for the correction or
  alleviation of a neuromuscular or musculoskeletal dysfunction,
  disease, injury, or deformity.
               (18)  "Prosthetics" means the science and practice of
  measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, adjusting,
  or servicing a prosthesis under an order from a licensed physician,
  chiropractor, or podiatrist, or an advanced practice nurse or
  physician assistant acting under the delegation and supervision of
  a licensed physician as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157, and
  rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board.
         SECTION 2.  Section 605.2515, Occupations Code, is amended
  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, or an advanced practice nurse or
  physician assistant acting under the delegation and supervision of
  a licensed physician as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157, and
  rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board, 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, or an advanced practice nurse or
  physician assistant acting under the delegation and supervision of
  a licensed physician as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157, and
  rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board, for a specific patient is
  required to be licensed as a device manufacturer under Subchapter
  L, Chapter 431, Health and Safety Code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2703 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2703 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0
  .
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor