Tex. Health and Safety Code § 37.004
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 37.004, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 37.004. QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING SCREENING.
Official statutory text
(a) The department may train persons who administer the spinal screening procedure and may approve training programs.
(b) A person who provides screening services authorized by this chapter must be:
(1) appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner; or
(2) certified as having completed an approved training program in screening for abnormal spinal curvature.
(c) A person who provides a professional examination authorized by this chapter for abnormal spinal curvature must be appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner.
(d) It is the intent of the legislature that the department provide certification training for nonhealth practitioners through Texas Education Agency regional education service centers.
(b) A person who provides screening services authorized by this chapter must be:
(1) appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner; or
(2) certified as having completed an approved training program in screening for abnormal spinal curvature.
(c) A person who provides a professional examination authorized by this chapter for abnormal spinal curvature must be appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner.
(d) It is the intent of the legislature that the department provide certification training for nonhealth practitioners through Texas Education Agency regional education service centers.
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