Tex. Occupations Code § 605.260

This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 605.260, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.

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§ 605.260. ACCREDITATION OF FACILITIES.

Official statutory text

(a) The commission by rule shall establish requirements for the accreditation and the renewal of an accreditation of an orthotic or prosthetic facility in which orthotics or prosthetics are conducted. The department may issue an accreditation only to an orthotic or prosthetic facility.

(b) If a person owns more than one facility, the department may require only one application for the accreditation of each of the person's facilities. Each orthotic or prosthetic facility must meet the requirements established by commission rule.

(c) An orthotic or prosthetic facility must be under the on-site direction of an orthotist or prosthetist licensed by the department in the discipline for which accreditation is sought.

(d) The rules adopted under this section may not prohibit a licensed individual from practicing in an orthotic or prosthetic facility within the scope of the individual's license.

(e) This section does not apply to a facility licensed under Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code.

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