Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 204 - Physician Assistants
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 204.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Physician Assistant Licensing Act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
- Texas Section 204.002 - Definitions
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.,...
SUBCHAPTER B TEXAS PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BOARD
- Texas Section 204.003 - Applicability
(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...
- Texas Section 204.051 - Texas Physician Assistant Board
(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...
- Texas Section 204.052 - Appointment Of Board
(a) The physician assistant board consists of 13 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: (1) seven...
- Texas Section 204.053 - Membership Eligibility And Restrictions
(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...
- Texas Section 204.054 - Terms; Vacancies
(a) Members of the physician assistant board are appointed for staggered six-year terms. The terms of four or five members, as applicable, expire on February...
- Texas Section 204.055 - Officers
The governor shall designate a physician assistant member of the physician assistant board as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity...
- Texas Section 204.056 - Grounds For Removal
(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...
- Texas Section 204.057 - Per Diem
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...
- Texas Section 204.058 - Open Meetings; Administrative Procedure Law
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....
SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BOARD AND MEDICAL BOARD
- Texas Section 204.059 - Training
(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...
- Texas Section 204.101 - General Powers And Duties Of Board
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,...
- Texas Section 204.1015 - Guidelines For Early Involvement In Rulemaking Process
(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...
- Texas Section 204.102 - Powers And Duties Of Medical Board Relating To Physician Assistants
(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,...
- Texas Section 204.1025 - Duties Regarding Prescriptive Authority Agreements
The physician assistant board shall in conjunction with the Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing perform the functions and duties relating to...
- Texas Section 204.103 - Fees
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...
- Texas Section 204.104 - Rural Physician Assistant Loan Reimbursement Program
(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...
- Texas Section 204.105 - Rules On Consequences Of Criminal Conviction
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...
- Texas Section 204.106 - Division Of Responsibilities
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...
- Texas Section 204.107 - Public Participation
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...
- Texas Section 204.108 - Records Of Complaints
(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...
- Texas Section 204.109 - Use Of Technology
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...
SUBCHAPTER D LICENSE REQUIREMENTS, EXEMPTIONS, AND RENEWAL
- Texas Section 204.110 - Negotiated Rulemaking And Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy
(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...
- Texas Section 204.151 - License Required
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...
- Texas Section 204.152 - Issuance Of License
(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...
- Texas Section 204.153 - Eligibility Requirements
(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...
- Texas Section 204.154 - Exemptions From Licensing Requirement For Certain Physician 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...
- Texas Section 204.155 - Temporary License
(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...
- Texas Section 204.156 - License Renewal
(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...
- Texas Section 204.1562 - Continuing Medical Education Requirements
(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...
- Texas Section 204.1565 - Informal Continuing Medical Education
(a) In this section, "practice serving a medically underserved population" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.051. (b) The physician assistant board by rule shall...
SUBCHAPTER E PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
- Texas Section 204.157 - Inactive Status
(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...
- Texas Section 204.201 - Notice Of Intent To Practice
(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...
- Texas Section 204.202 - Scope Of Practice
(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...
- Texas Section 204.203 - Identification Requirements
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...
- Texas Section 204.204 - Supervision Requirements
(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...
- Texas Section 204.2045 - Services Performed During Disaster
(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...
- Texas Section 204.205 - Requirements For Supervising Physician
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...
- Texas Section 204.206 - Establishment Of Certain Functions And Standards
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...
- Texas Section 204.207 - Assumption Of Professional Liability
(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...
- Texas Section 204.208 - Duty To Report; Medical Peer Review
(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...
SUBCHAPTER F COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION
- Texas Section 204.209 - Jointly Owned Entities With Physicians
(a) A physician assistant who jointly owns an entity with a physician shall report annually to the physician assistant board the ownership interest and other...
- Texas Section 204.251 - Complaint Information And Status
(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...
- Texas Section 204.2511 - Conduct Of Investigation
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...
- Texas Section 204.252 - License Holder Access To Complaint Information
(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...
- Texas Section 204.253 - Health Care Entity Request For Information
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...
- Texas Section 204.254 - Confidentiality Of Investigative Information
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...
SUBCHAPTER G DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS
- Texas Section 204.255 - Permitted Disclosure Of Investigative Information
(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...
- Texas Section 204.301 - Disciplinary Authority Of Board
(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...
- Texas Section 204.3011 - Delegation Of Certain Complaint Dispositions
(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...
- Texas Section 204.302 - Conduct Related To Fraud Or Misrepresentation
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...
- Texas Section 204.303 - Conduct Related To Violation Of Law
(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...
- Texas Section 204.304 - Conduct Indicating Lack Of Fitness
(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...
- Texas Section 204.3045 - Physical Or Mental Examination
(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...
- Texas Section 204.308 - Subpoena
(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:...
- Texas Section 204.309 - Protection Of Patient Identity
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...
- Texas Section 204.310 - Required Suspension Of License Of Incarcerated Physician Assistant
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...
- Texas Section 204.311 - Temporary Suspension
(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...
- Texas Section 204.312 - Informal Proceedings
(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)...
- Texas Section 204.313 - Physician Assistant Board Representation In Informal Proceedings
(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...
- Texas Section 204.314 - Roles And Responsibilities Of Participants In Informal Proceedings
(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...
- Texas Section 204.3145 - Limit On Access To Investigation Files
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...
- Texas Section 204.315 - Surrender Of License
(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...
- Texas Section 204.316 - Refund
(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...
- Texas Section 204.317 - Modification Of Findings Or Rulings By Administrative Law Judge
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...
SUBCHAPTER H PENALTIES AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 204.318 - Expert Immunity
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...
- Texas Section 204.351 - Administrative Penalty
(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...
- Texas Section 204.352 - Criminal Penalty
(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...
- Texas Section 204.353 - Cease And Desist Order
(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: September 28, 2016