Texas Register August 9, 2019 Volume: 44 Number: 32

Texas Medical Board

 

Withdrawn Rule

Proposed amended §193.5 and proposed new §193.21 (Standing Delegation Orders)

PART 9. TEXAS MEDICAL BOARDCHAPTER 193. STANDING DELEGATION ORDERS22 TAC §193.5, §193.21Proposed amended §193.5 and proposed new §193.21, published in the January 25, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 402), are withdrawn. The agency failed to adopt the proposal within six months of publication. (See Government Code, §2001.027, and 1 TAC §91.38(d).)


Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners

Adopted Rules

Adopts an amendment to §322.4, concerning Practicing in a Manner Detrimental to the Public Health and Welfare

PART 16. TEXAS BOARD OF PHYSICAL THERAPY EXAMINERSCHAPTER 322. PRACTICE22 TAC §322.4The Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners adopts an amendment to §322.4, concerning Practicing in a Manner Detrimental to the Public Health and Welfare, pursuant to the amendment of the PT Practice Act, Occupations Code, Chapter 453, pertaining to the repeal of physical therapy facility registration and annual renewal in SB 317 during the 85th Legislative Session. The amendment is adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the June 14, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 2910) and will not be republished.The amendment is adopted in order to eliminate failure to register or renew a facility registration and practicing in an unregistered facility from the list of practices considered detrimental to the public health and welfare.


Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners

Adopted Rules

adopts an amendment to §344.1, concerning Administrative Fines and Penalties

CHAPTER 344. ADMINISTRATIVE FINES AND PENALTIES22 TAC §344.1The Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners adopts an amendment to §344.1, concerning Administrative Fines and Penalties, pursuant to the amendment of the PT Practice Act, Occupations Code, Chapter 453, pertaining to the repeal of physical therapy facility registration and annual renewal in SB 317 during the 85th Legislative Session. The amendment is adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the June 14, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 2911) and will not be republished.The amendment is adopted in order to establish a process for expungement of facility-related administrative violations from a licensee’s record.


Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners

Adopted Rules

adopts the repeal of Chapter 347, Registration of Physical Therapy Facilities

CHAPTER 347. REGISTRATION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY FACILITIES22 TAC §§347.1, 347.2, 347.4 – 347.6, 347.8, 347.9, 347.11 – 347.13, 347.15The Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners adopts the repeal of Chapter 347, Registration of Physical Therapy Facilities pursuant to the amendment of the PT Practice Act, Occupations Code Chapter 453 pertaining to the repeal of physical therapy facility registration and annual renewal in SB 317 during the 85th Legislative Session. The sections repealed include §§347.1, 347.2, 347.4 – 347.6, 347.8, 347.9, 347.11 – 347.13, and 347.15. The repeal is adopted without changes to the proposed repeal as published in the June 14, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 2912). The rules will not be republished.The repeal is adopted in order to eliminate all rules pertaining to the registration and renewal of physical therapy facilities.