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| The Committee is expecting a large number of attendees at this hearing. |  
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| If the capacity of the hearing room is exceeded, attendees will be |  
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| The testimony of EACH WITNESS will be limited to THREE MINUTES.  Please |  
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| keep this limitation in mind when preparing your remarks. |  
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| The Committee will stand in recess while the House is in session, and will |  
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| reconvene at a time to be specified by the Chair. |  
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| Bills will not necessarily be heard in the order specified below, |  
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| depending upon the availability of bill authors. |  
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| Relating to the availability of automated external defibrillators at certain athletic clubs; providing a civil penalty. |  
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| Relating to faculty temporary licenses to practice medicine. |  
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| Relating to a physician's authority to delegate prescribing acts to advanced practice nurses or physician assistants. |  
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| Relating to covenants not to compete by physicians. |  
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| Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board. |  
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| Relating to licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and the authority of those nurses to prescribe and order prescription drugs. |  
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| Relating to written authorization for the release of certain health care information. |  
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| Relating to the limited practice of medicine by a physician under a license issued by the Texas Medical Board. |  
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