EMERGENCY RULES
 An agency may adopt a new or amended section or repeal an existing section on 
an emergency basis if it determines that such action is necessary for the public 
health, safety, or welfare of this state. The section may become effective 
immediately upon filing with the  Texas Register, or on a stated date less than 
20 days after filing and remaining in effect no more than 120 days. The 
emergency action is renewable once for no more than 60 additional days. 
  Symbology in amended emergency sections. New language added to an existing 
section is indicated by the use of  bold text. [Brackets] indicate deletion of 
existing material within a section. 
 
   TITLE  22. EXAMINING BOARDS 
 Part IX.  Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
 Chapter 183. Acupuncture 
  
  22 TAC sec.183.17 
 
  The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners adopts on an emergency basis new 
sec.183.17, concerning Auricular Acupuncture. The new section will provide a 
limited exemption for those individuals practicing auricular acupuncture in 
order to allow the Board time to gather documentation and results of studies 
related to this area of practice. The section is also being poposed for public 
comment elsewhere in this issue of the Texas Register. 
 The adoption on an emergency basis is necessary to implement appropriate rules 
to avoid an absence of persons to provide auricular acupuncture care to the 
public and to ensure adequate health, safety, and welfare to the public. 
 The new section is adopted on an emergency basis under Texas Civil Statutes, 
Article 4495b, which provide the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners with the 
authority to make rules, regulations and bylaws not inconsistent with this act 
as may be necessary for the governing of its own proceedings, the performance of 
its duties, the regulation of the practice of medicine in this state, and the 
enforcement of this act. 
 
 
  sec.183.17. Auricular Acupuncture for Treatment of Chemical Dependency.  Those 
individuals practicing auricular acupuncture solely for the purpose of 
detoxification and treatment of alcohol abuse, substance abuse, or chemical 
dependency, shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter until 
September 30, 1995. 
 
  Issued in Austin, Texas, on July 22, 1994. 
 TRD-9445561 
  Bruce A. Levy, M.D., J.D. 
 Executive Director 
 Texas State Board of Medical Examiners 
    Effective date: July 25, 1994 
 Expiration date: November 23, 1994 
 For further information, please call: (512) 834-7728 
         
           
  TITLE 37. PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS 
 Part VI. Texas Department of Criminal Justice 
  Chapter 157. State Jail Felony Facilities 
  
  Subchapter A. Admissions and Allocations 
 
  37 TAC sec.157.10 
 
  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice adopts on an emergency basis new 
sec.157.10, concerning the temporary designation of certain facilities as state 
jail felony facilities. Dangerously high population levels in many jails in the 
state have created conditions leading to both potential and actual outbreaks of 
disease and inmate disturbances, justifying emergency action. Further, an 
entirely new sentencing law goes into effect on September 1, 1994, creating 
state jail felonies, and the construction of the first state jail felony 
facility in Beaumont, Texas, will not, it now appears, be completed on September 
1 as previously anticipated. The new section designates particular facilities 
under the control of the Board of Criminal Justice as state jail felony 
facilities to fill the gap prior to availability of constructed state jail 
felony facilities. The section is only needed for that interim time frame, so 
there is no simultaneous proposal of this language for permanent adoption, 
although that may occur at a later date. 
 The section is authorized by the Government Code, sec.507.026, allowing the 
Board of Criminal Justice to designate facilities as state jail felony 
facilities, and by the Government Code, sec.492.013, which gives the Board of 
Criminal Justice general authority to adopt rules. 
 
 
  sec.157.10. Designation of Facilities as State Jails. <ol> The Board 
designates the 668 bed dormitory building designed to be a boot camp at the 
Coffield Unit as a state jail for male state jail felons. The Board designates a 
48 bed dormitory of the Gatesville-Hackberry Unit as a state jail for female 
state jail felons. This designation takes effect September 1, 1994. 
 
  Issued in Austin, Texas, on July 26, 1994. 
 TRD-9445693 
  Carl Reynolds 
 General Counsel 
 Texas Department of Criminal Justice 
    Effective date: September 1, 1994 
 Expiration date: December 30, 1994 
 For further information, please call: (512) 463-9693