Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 452 - Executive Council Of Physical Therapy And Occupational Therapy Examiners

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 452.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Executive council" means the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners. (2) "Occupational therapy board" means the Texas Board...

SUBCHAPTER B EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY EXAMINERS

• Texas Section 452.002 - Application Of Sunset Act
  The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as...
• Texas Section 452.051 - Appointment Of Executive Council
  (a) The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners consists of: (1) an occupational therapist member of the occupational therapy board appointed by...
• Texas Section 452.052 - Eligibility Of Public Member Appointed By Governor
  A person is not eligible for appointment by the governor as a public member of the executive council if the person or the person's spouse:...
• Texas Section 452.053 - Membership And Employee Restrictions
  (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a nonprofit, cooperative, and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to...
• Texas Section 452.054 - Terms; Vacancy
  (a) Members of the executive council are appointed for two-year terms that expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) A member appointed to...
• Texas Section 452.055 - Presiding Officer
  The member appointed by the governor is the presiding officer of the executive council. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
• Texas Section 452.056 - Grounds For Removal
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the executive council that a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications...
• Texas Section 452.057 - Compensation; Reimbursement
  (a) The presiding officer of the executive council is entitled to a per diem as provided by the General Appropriations Act for each day that...

SUBCHAPTER C DIRECTOR AND OTHER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PERSONNEL

• Texas Section 452.058 - Meetings; Quorum
  (a) The executive council shall hold at least two regular meetings each year. (b) The executive council may hold additional meetings on the request of...
• Texas Section 452.101 - Director; Personnel
  (a) The executive council shall employ a director and administrative and clerical employees as necessary to carry out the functions of the executive council, the...
• Texas Section 452.102 - Division Of Responsibilities
  The executive council shall develop and implement policies that clearly define the respective responsibilities of the executive council and the staff of the executive council....
• Texas Section 452.103 - Career Ladder Program; Performance Evaluations
  (a) The director or the director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require intra-agency postings of all nonentry level positions...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 452.104 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy; Report
  (a) The director or the director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure implementation of an equal employment opportunity program under...
• Texas Section 452.151 - General Powers And Duties
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the executive council shall administer and enforce Chapters 453 and 454. (b) The executive council shall: (1)...
• Texas Section 452.152 - Administrative Functions
  (a) In administering Chapters 453 and 454, the executive council shall: (1) perform data processing functions; and (2) administer records relating to payroll, personnel files,...
• Texas Section 452.153 - Limitation On Executive Council Authority
  (a) The executive council may not exercise discretionary authority in the review of an applicant's qualifications for a license. (b) The administration of practical examinations...
• Texas Section 452.154 - Fees
  The executive council shall set all fees for a license issued or service performed by a board represented on the executive council. Acts 1999, 76th...
• Texas Section 452.155 - Rules
  Subject to Section 452.156, the appropriate professional board shall adopt rules concerning the qualifications, licensing, regulation, or practice of a profession. Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 452.156 - Review Of Rules
  (a) Before submitting a rule for publication in the Texas Register, a board represented on the executive council shall forward the proposed rule to the...
• Texas Section 452.157 - Review Of Boards
  (a) The executive council shall routinely examine and evaluate the operations of the boards represented on the executive council. (b) The executive council may structure...
• Texas Section 452.158 - Disbursement Of Funds
  The executive council may authorize from its appropriated funds all necessary disbursements to carry out: (1) this chapter; (2) Chapter 453; and (3) Chapter 454....

SUBCHAPTER E PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION AND COMPLAINT PROCEDURES

• Texas Section 452.159 - Biennial Report
  (a) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(144), eff. June 17, 2011. (b) The executive council shall prepare a report of...
• Texas Section 452.201 - Public Interest Information
  (a) The executive council shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the executive council and the procedures by which complaints are filed...
• Texas Section 452.202 - Complaints
  (a) The executive council by rule shall establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number...
• Texas Section 452.203 - Public Participation
  (a) The executive council shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the executive council and to...

Last modified: September 28, 2016