Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 157 - Authority Of Physician To Delegate Certain Medical Acts

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 157.002 - General Delegation Of Administration And Provision Of Dangerous Drugs
  (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...
• Texas Section 157.003 - Emergency Care
  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...
• Texas Section 157.004 - Delegation Regarding Certain Care For Newborns; Liability
  (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...
• Texas Section 157.005 - Performance Of Delegated Act Not Practicing Without Medical License
  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...
• Texas Section 157.006 - Limitation On Board Rules Regarding Delegation
  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...

SUBCHAPTER B DELEGATION TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

• Texas Section 157.007 - Applicability Of Other Laws
  An act delegated by a physician under this chapter must comply with other applicable laws. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 157.051 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Advanced practice registered nurse" has the meaning assigned to that term by Section 301.152. The term includes an advanced nurse practitioner...
• Texas Section 157.0511 - Delegation Of Prescribing And Ordering Drugs And Devices
  (a) A physician's authority to delegate the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device under this subchapter is limited to: (1) nonprescription drugs; (2)...
• Texas Section 157.0512 - Prescriptive Authority Agreement
  (a) A physician may delegate to an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant, acting under adequate physician supervision, the act of prescribing or ordering...
• Texas Section 157.0513 - Prescriptive Authority Agreement: Information
  (a) The board, the Texas Board of Nursing, and the Texas Physician Assistant Board shall jointly develop a process: (1) to exchange information regarding the...
• Texas Section 157.0514 - Prescriptive Authority Agreement: Inspections
  If the board receives a notice under Section 157.0513(a)(2), the board or an authorized board representative may enter, with reasonable notice and at a reasonable...
• Texas Section 157.054 - Prescribing At Facility-based Practice Sites
  (a) One or more physicians licensed by the board may delegate, to one or more physician assistants or advanced practice registered nurses acting under adequate...
• Texas Section 157.055 - Orders And Protocols
  A protocol or other order shall be defined in a manner that promotes the exercise of professional judgment by the advanced practice registered nurse and...
• Texas Section 157.056 - Prescription Information
  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;...
• Texas Section 157.057 - Additional Implementation Methods
  The board may adopt additional methods to implement: (1) a physician's prescription; or (2) the delegation of prescriptive authority. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388,...
• Texas Section 157.058 - Delegation To Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  (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...
• Texas Section 157.059 - Delegation Regarding Certain Obstetrical Services
  (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...

SUBCHAPTER C DELEGATION TO PHARMACISTS

• Texas Section 157.060 - Physician Liability For Delegated Act
  Unless the physician has reason to believe the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse lacked the competency to perform the act, a physician is...
• Texas Section 157.101 - Delegation To Pharmacist
  (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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016