Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians, the official text

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are repealed: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.

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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.

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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.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor