SB 627

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
(b)  The commission or the department, as appropriate,
(1)  adopt and publish a code of ethics;
(2)  establish the qualifications [and fitness] of
applicants for licenses, including renewed and reciprocal
(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
(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
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
SECTION 4.  The following provisions of the Occupations Code
SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.