{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-37.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 37.004","heading":"QUALIFICATIONS OF PERSONS PROVIDING SCREENING.","body":"(a) The department may train persons who administer the spinal screening procedure and may approve training programs.\n(b) A person who provides screening services authorized by this chapter must be:\n(1) appropriately licensed or certified as a health practitioner; or\n(2) certified as having completed an approved training program in screening for abnormal spinal curvature.\n(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.\n(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.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.37, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE B. HEALTH PROGRAMS","CHAPTER 37. ABNORMAL SPINAL CURVATURE IN CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.37.htm#37.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"fa61954ce4113d1d180ffe3a62c18b32bcee2f8de159b51241b04bdd718fc8b9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-37.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-37.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}