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Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 157 Authority Of Physician To Delegate Certain Medical ActsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Occupations Code > Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 157 Authority Of Physician To Delegate Certain Medical Acts (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 ... (a) In this section: (1) "Administering" means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any ... The authority to delegate medical acts to a properly qualified person as provided by this subchapter applies to emergency care provided by emergency medical personnel ... (a) It is the policy of this state that the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum in newborn infants is of paramount importance for the protection of ... A person to whom a physician delegates the performance of a medical act is not considered to be practicing medicine without a license by performing ... The board shall promote a physician's exercise of professional judgment to decide which medical acts may be safely delegated by not adopting rules containing, except ... An act delegated by a physician under this chapter must comply with other applicable laws. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. ... In this subchapter: (1) "Advanced practice nurse" has the meaning assigned to that term by Section 301.152. The term includes an advanced nurse practitioner. (2) ... (a) A physician's authority to delegate the carrying out or signing of a prescription drug order under this subchapter is limited to: (1) dangerous drugs; ... (a) In this section: (1) "Health manpower shortage area" means: (A) an urban or rural area of this state that: (i) is not required to ... (a) In this section, "primary practice site" means: (1) the practice location of a physician at which the physician spends the majority of the physician's ... (a) A physician licensed by the board may delegate, to one or more physician assistants or advanced practice nurses acting under adequate physician supervision whose ... (a) In this section, "alternate site" means a practice site: (1) where services similar to the services provided at the delegating physician's primary practice site ... (a) On determining that the conditions of Subsection (b) have been met, the board may waive or modify any of the site or supervision requirements ... A protocol or other order shall be defined in a manner that promotes the exercise of professional judgment by the advanced practice nurse and physician ... The following information must be provided on each prescription subject to this subchapter: (1) the patient's name and address; (2) the drug to be dispensed; ... The board may adopt additional methods to implement: (1) a physician's prescription; or (2) the delegation of the signing of a prescription under a physician's ... (a) In a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical center, a physician may delegate to a certified registered nurse anesthetist the ordering of drugs and devices ... (a) In this section, "provide" means to supply, for a term not to exceed 48 hours, one or more unit doses of a controlled substance ... Unless the physician has reason to believe the physician assistant or advanced practice nurse lacked the competency to perform the act, a physician is not ... (a) In this section, "pharmacist" has the meaning assigned by Section 551.003. (b) A physician may delegate to a properly qualified and trained pharmacist acting ... Texas Lawyers
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