Tex. Educ. Code § 74.501 · Subchapter J. PODIATRY SCHOOL TO BE ESTABLISHED AND LOCATED
ESTABLISHMENT AND LOCATION; NAME; SCOPE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to the approval of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, the board of regents of the University of Texas System may establish and maintain a podiatry branch of its system at any location in the state. The location of the podiatry school must be determined by the board of regents to be in the best interests of the people of the State of Texas and must be approved by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. If possible, the podiatry school shall be located in or affiliated with an existing or proposed academic health sciences center which provides education and training of medical students, dental students, or both, or shall be located in or affiliated with a medical or dental unit, as such term is defined in paragraph (5), Section 61.003, of this Code. If it is not possible to so locate or affiliate the podiatry school, it may be located in or affiliated with any other public senior college or university within the system under the jurisdiction of the board of regents. The school so established shall be known by a name designated by the board of regents.
(b) The board of regents may provide for the teaching and training of podiatry students, podiatry technicians, and other technicians in the practice of podiatry.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1681, ch. 608, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 1973.
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