Texas Occupations Code - Section 157.001. General Authority Of Physician To Delegate
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§ 157.001. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF PHYSICIAN TO
DELEGATE. (a) A physician may delegate to a qualified and properly
trained person acting under the physician's supervision any medical
act that a reasonable and prudent physician would find within the
scope of sound medical judgment to delegate if, in the opinion of
the delegating physician:
(1) the act:
(A) can be properly and safely performed by the
person to whom the medical act is delegated;
(B) is performed in its customary manner; and
(C) is not in violation of any other statute; and
(2) the person to whom the delegation is made does not
represent to the public that the person is authorized to practice
medicine.
(b) The delegating physician remains responsible for the
medical acts of the person performing the delegated medical acts.
(c) The board may determine whether:
(1) an act constitutes the practice of medicine, not
inconsistent with this chapter; and
(2) a medical act may be properly or safely delegated
by physicians.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 156.051 156.052 156.053 156.054 156.055 156.056 156.057 157.001 157.002 157.003 157.004 157.005 157.006 157.007 157.051
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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