Section 37.004 - Qualifications of Persons Providing Screening(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.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 37.004
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.37, eff. 9/1/1997. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.