Highlights of the 79th Texas Legislature - Senate

STATE AFFAIRS/SUNSET
Increases the amount of administrative penalty the board can impose on a license holder to $5,000 per violation per
day, rather than $2,500 for each violation.
Requires the board to adopt rules to ensure that its examinations are accessible to persons with disabilities in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Establishes provisions for license renewal and fees.
Increases the license renewal fee for those whose license has been expired for a certain time.
Expands the range of disciplinary sanctions for pharmacy technicians and authorizes the board to discipline a
pharmacy technician who receives deferred adjudication for any felony or for misdemeanors involving moral
turpitude.
Requires the board to register pharmacy technician trainees and to hold these trainees to the same disciplinary
grounds and actions that are applied pharmacy technicians.
Establishes provisions for licensure of pharmacists from another state.
Eliminates the Pharmacy Board Operating Account and transfers the money to the General Revenue Fund.
Provides that information regarding the home address and telephone number of licensees and registrants is
confidential and not subject to disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act.
Regulation of Barbers and Cosmetologists—S.B. 411
By Senator Whitmire—House Sponsor: Representative Hamric
The Texas Board of Barber Examiners and the Texas Cosmetology Commission regulate barbers and
cosmetologists to protect the health and safety of the public. The agencies license barbers and cosmetologists,
instructors, shops, salons, and schools and enforce the Barber and Cosmetology Acts and agency rules by
investigating complaints and conducting inspections. This bill:
Abolishes the Texas State Board of Barber Examiners and the Texas Cosmetology Commission.
Transfers the agencies' functions to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).
Requires the agency to focus its resources on inspection of barber and cosmetology facilities that require the most
attention, those that violate sanitation rules.
Requires that facilities be inspected at least once every two years and clarifies TDLR's authority to charge inspection
fees.
Authorizes provisional licenses for barbers, standardizes license renewal processes.
Requires barber and cosmetology schools to maintain student records.
Requires development of a method for violation and complaint trend analysis and an annual compilation of detailed
statistics on violations and complaints.
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