SB627 - Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

      S.B. No. 627         AN ACT   relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 701.151(b), Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The commission or the department, as appropriate,   shall:                (1)  adopt and publish a code of ethics;                (2)  establish the qualifications [ and fitness ] of   applicants for licenses, including renewed and reciprocal   licenses; and                (3)  request and receive any necessary assistance from   state educational institutions or other state agencies.          SECTION 2.  Section 701.251(b), Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  Unless the person holds an appropriate license issued   under this chapter, a person may not:                (1)  use the title or represent or imply that the person   has the title "licensed dietitian" [ or "provisional licensed   dietitian" ] or use the letters "LD" [ or "PLD" ]; or                (2)  use a facsimile of that title [ those titles ] to   indicate or imply that the person is a licensed dietitian [ or   provisional licensed dietitian ].          SECTION 3.  Section 701.304, Occupations Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 701.304.  GROUNDS FOR REFUSING RENEWAL.  The commission   or department may refuse to renew the license of a person who fails   to pay an administrative penalty imposed against the person under   Subchapter F, Chapter 51 [ K ], unless enforcement of the penalty is   stayed or a court has ordered that the administrative penalty is not   owed.          SECTION 4.  The following provisions of the Occupations Code   are repealed:                (1)  Section 701.002(9);                (2)  Section 701.1511; and                (3)  Section 701.403.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 627 passed the Senate on   March 11, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 627 passed the House on   May 21, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 103, Nays 34, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor