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Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 204 Physician AssistantsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Occupations Code > Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 204 Physician Assistants This chapter may be cited as the Physician Assistant Licensing Act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. ... In this chapter: (1) "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board. (2) "Physician assistant board" means the Texas Physician Assistant Board. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ... (a) A person is not required to hold a license issued under this chapter to practice as: (1) a technician, assistant, or employee of a ... (a) The Texas Physician Assistant Board is an advisory board to the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. (b) A reference in any other law ... (a) The physician assistant board consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: (1) three ... (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to ... (a) Members of the physician assistant board are appointed for staggered six-year terms. The terms of three members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered ... The governor shall designate a member of the physician assistant board as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the ... (a) It is a ground for removal from the physician assistant board that a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office ... A member of the physician assistant board is entitled to receive a per diem as set by legislative appropriation for each day that the member ... Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the physician assistant board is subject to Chapters 551 and 2001, Government Code. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. ... (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the physician assistant board may not vote, deliberate, or be ... The physician assistant board shall: (1) adopt rules that are reasonable and necessary for the performance of the physician assistant board's duties under this chapter, ... (a) The physician assistant board shall adopt guidelines to establish procedures for receiving input during the rulemaking process from individuals and groups that have an ... (a) The medical board shall adopt rules consistent with this chapter to regulate physician assistants and physicians who supervise physician assistants. (b) The medical board, ... The physician assistant board shall establish and collect fees in amounts that are reasonable and necessary to cover the cost of administering this chapter. Acts ... (a) A program shall be established to provide student loan reimbursement for graduates of physician assistant training programs from any state who practice in rural ... The physician assistant board shall adopt rules and guidelines as necessary to comply with Chapter 53, except to the extent the requirements of this chapter ... Subject to the advice and approval of the medical board, the physician assistant board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities ... Subject to the advice and approval of the medical board, the physician assistant board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a ... (a) The physician assistant board shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the physician assistant board. The board shall ... Subject to the advice and approval of the medical board, the physician assistant board shall implement a policy requiring the physician assistant board to use ... (a) Subject to the advice and approval of the medical board, the physician assistant board shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use ... A person may not practice as a physician assistant in this state unless the person holds a physician assistant license issued under this chapter. Acts ... (a) The physician assistant board shall issue a license to an applicant who: (1) meets the eligibility requirements of Section 204.153; (2) submits an application ... (a) To be eligible for a license under this chapter, an applicant must: (1) successfully complete an educational program for physician assistants or surgeon assistants ... A person is not required to hold a license issued under this chapter to practice as: (1) a physician assistant student enrolled in a physician ... (a) The physician assistant board may issue a temporary license to an applicant who: (1) meets all the qualifications for a license under this chapter ... (a) On notification from the physician assistant board, a person who holds a license under this chapter may renew the license by: (1) paying the ... (a) The physician assistant board by rule shall adopt, monitor, and enforce a reporting program for the continuing medical education of license holders. The physician ... (a) In this section, "site serving a medically underserved population" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.052. (b) The physician assistant board by rule shall ... (a) A person licensed under this chapter may place the person's license on inactive status by applying to the physician assistant board. A person whose ... (a) Before beginning practice, each physician assistant licensed under this chapter shall submit on a form prescribed by the physician assistant board notice of the ... (a) The practice of a physician assistant includes providing medical services delegated by a supervising physician that are within the education, training, and experience of ... A physician assistant shall: (1) keep the physician assistant's license available for inspection at the physician assistant's primary place of business; and (2) when engaged ... (a) A physician assistant shall be supervised by a supervising physician. A physician assistant may have more than one supervising physician. The supervising physician oversees ... (a) The supervision and delegation requirements of this chapter and Subtitle B do not apply to medical tasks performed by a physician assistant during a ... A supervising physician must: (1) hold an unrestricted and active license as a physician in this state; (2) notify the medical board of the physician's ... Each physician assistant and the physician assistant's supervising physician shall ensure that: (1) the physician assistant's scope of function is identified; (2) delegation of medical ... (a) Each supervising physician retains legal responsibility for a physician assistant's patient care activities, including the provision of care and treatment to a patient in ... (a) A medical peer review committee in this state, physician assistant, physician assistant student, or physician lawfully practicing medicine in this state shall report relevant ... (a) The physician assistant board shall keep information on file about each complaint filed with the board. (b) If a written complaint is filed with ... The physician assistant board shall complete a preliminary investigation of a complaint filed with the physician assistant board not later than the 30th day after ... (a) The physician assistant board shall provide a license holder who is the subject of a formal complaint filed under this chapter with access to ... On the written request of a health care entity, the physician assistant board shall provide to the entity: (1) information about a complaint filed against ... A complaint, adverse report, investigation file, other report, or other investigative information in the possession of or received or gathered by the physician assistant board ... (a) Investigative information in the possession of a physician assistant board employee or agent that relates to the discipline of a license holder may be ... (a) Except as provided by Section 204.305, on a determination that an applicant or license holder committed an act described in Section 204.302, 204.303, or ... (a) The physician assistant board may delegate to a committee of medical board employees the authority to dismiss or enter into an agreed settlement of ... The physician assistant board may take action under Section 204.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to ... (a) The physician assistant board may take action under Section 204.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) violates this chapter or a rule ... (a) The physician assistant board may take action under Section 204.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) habitually uses drugs or intoxicating liquors ... (a) The physician assistant board shall adopt guidelines, in conjunction with persons interested in or affected by this section, to enable the physician assistant board ... (a) The physician assistant board, through an agreed order or after a contested proceeding, may impose a rehabilitation order on an applicant, as a prerequisite ... (a) A rehabilitation order imposed under Section 204.305 is a nondisciplinary private order. If entered by agreement, the order is an agreed disposition or settlement ... (a) The physician assistant board shall keep a rehabilitation order imposed under Section 204.305 in a confidential file. The file is subject to an independent ... (a) If a rehabilitation order imposed under Section 204.305 requires a license holder to participate in activities or programs provided by a local or statewide ... (a) The executive director or the secretary-treasurer of the medical board may issue a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum for the physician assistant board to: ... In a disciplinary investigation or proceeding conducted under this chapter, the physician assistant board shall protect the identity of each patient whose medical records are ... Regardless of the offense, the physician assistant board shall suspend the license of a physician assistant serving a prison term in a state or federal ... (a) The presiding officer of the physician assistant board, with board approval, shall appoint a three-member disciplinary panel consisting of board members to determine whether ... (a) The physician assistant board by rule shall adopt procedures governing: (1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and (2) ... (a) In an informal meeting under Section 204.312, at least two panelists shall be appointed to determine whether an informal disposition is appropriate. (b) Notwithstanding ... (a) A physician assistant board member that serves as a panelist at an informal meeting under Section 204.312 shall make recommendations for the disposition of ... The physician assistant board shall prohibit or limit access to an investigation file relating to a license holder in an informal proceeding in the manner ... (a) The physician assistant board may accept the voluntary surrender of a license. (b) A surrendered license may not be returned to the license holder ... (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the physician assistant board may order a license holder to pay a refund to a consumer as provided in an ... The physician assistant board may change a finding of fact or conclusion of law or vacate or modify an order of an administrative law judge ... An expert who assists the physician assistant board is immune from suit and judgment and may not be subjected to a suit for damages for ... (a) The physician assistant board by order may impose an administrative penalty against a person licensed under this chapter who violates this chapter or a ... (a) A person commits an offense if, without holding a license issued under this chapter, the person: (1) holds the person out as a physician ... (a) If it appears to the physician assistant board that a person who is not licensed under this chapter is violating this chapter, a rule ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |