Texas Health and Safety Code 37.004 – Qualifications of Persons Providing Screening
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(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.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 37.004
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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.