Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 152.055. Authority Of Certain Professionals To Create Partnership
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§ 152.055. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS TO CREATE
PARTNERSHIP. (a) Persons licensed as doctors of medicine and
persons licensed as doctors of osteopathy by the Texas State Board
of Medical Examiners and persons licensed as podiatrists by the
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners may create a
partnership that is jointly owned by those practitioners to perform
a professional service that falls within the scope of practice of
those practitioners.
(b) When doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry
create a partnership that is jointly owned by those practitioners,
the authority of each of the practitioners is limited by the scope
of practice of the respective practitioners and none can exercise
control over the other's clinical authority granted by their
respective licenses, either through agreements, bylaws,
directives, financial incentives, or other arrangements that would
assert control over treatment decisions made by the practitioner.
(c) The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and the Texas
State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners continue to exercise
regulatory authority over their respective licenses.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Section: 152.003 152.004 152.005 152.051 152.052 152.053 152.054 152.055 152.056 152.101 152.102 152.201 152.202 152.203 152.204
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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