Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 206 - Surgical Assistants

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 206.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Advisory committee" means the advisory committee created under this chapter. (2) "Delegating physician" means a physician who is licensed by the...

SUBCHAPTER B ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Texas Section 206.002 - Applicability
  (a) A person is not required to hold a license under this chapter if the person is: (1) a student enrolled in a surgical assistant...
• Texas Section 206.051 - Advisory Committee
  (a) The advisory committee is an informal advisory committee to the medical board and is not subject to Chapter 2110, Government Code. (b) The advisory...
• Texas Section 206.052 - Appointment Of Advisory Committee
  (a) The advisory committee consists of six members appointed by the president of the medical board. One member must be a registered perioperative nurse with...
• Texas Section 206.053 - Membership And Employee Restrictions
  (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist...
• Texas Section 206.054 - Terms; Vacancy
  (a) Members of the advisory committee are appointed for two-year terms. The terms of the members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b)...
• Texas Section 206.055 - Grounds For Removal
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the advisory committee that a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications...
• Texas Section 206.056 - Officers
  The president of the medical board shall designate biennially a committee member as the presiding officer of the advisory committee to serve in that capacity...
• Texas Section 206.057 - Per Diem
  An advisory committee member is not entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses or compensation. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff....

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES OF MEDICAL BOARD

• Texas Section 206.058 - Meetings
  (a) The advisory committee shall meet as requested by the medical board. (b) A meeting may be held by telephone conference call. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 206.101 - General Powers And Duties
  The medical board shall: (1) establish qualifications for a surgical assistant to practice in this state; (2) establish requirements for an examination for a license...

SUBCHAPTER D PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION; COMPLAINT AND INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION

• Texas Section 206.103 - Gifts, Grants, And Donations
  In addition to any fees paid to the medical board or money appropriated to the medical board, the medical board may receive and accept under...
• Texas Section 206.151 - Public Participation
  (a) The medical board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the medical board and speak...
• Texas Section 206.152 - Public Interest Information
  (a) The medical board shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the medical board and the procedures by which complaints are filed...
• Texas Section 206.153 - Complaints
  (a) The medical board by rule shall establish methods by which consumers and service recipients are notified of the name, mailing address, and telephone number...
• Texas Section 206.154 - Records Of Complaints
  (a) The medical board shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the medical board under this chapter. The file must include: (1)...
• Texas Section 206.155 - License Holder Access To Complaint Information
  (a) The medical board shall provide a license holder who is the subject of a formal complaint filed under this chapter with access to all...
• Texas Section 206.156 - Health Care Entity Request For Information
  On the written request of a health care entity, the medical board shall provide to the entity: (1) information about a complaint filed against a...
• Texas Section 206.157 - Confidentiality Of Investigative Information
  A complaint, adverse report, investigation file, or other report, the identity of and reports made by a physician or surgical assistant performing or supervising compliance...
• Texas Section 206.1575 - Conduct Of Investigation
  The medical board shall complete a preliminary investigation of a complaint not later than the 30th day after the date of receiving the complaint. The...
• Texas Section 206.158 - Permitted Disclosure Of Investigative Information
  (a) Investigative information in the possession of the medical board, medical board employee, or agent that relates to the discipline of a license holder may...

SUBCHAPTER E LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 206.159 - Immunity And Reporting Requirements
  (a) A medical peer review committee in this state, a quality assurance committee in this state, a surgical assistant, a surgical assistant student, a physician...
• Texas Section 206.201 - License Required
  (a) Except as provided by Section 206.002, a person may not practice as a surgical assistant unless the person is licensed under this chapter. (b)...
• Texas Section 206.202 - License Application
  An applicant for a license must: (1) file a written application with the medical board on a form prescribed by the medical board; and (2)...
• Texas Section 206.203 - License Eligibility
  (a) Except as provided by Section 206.206, to be eligible for a license, a person must: (1) be of good moral character; (2) have not...
• Texas Section 206.204 - Examination
  An applicant for a surgical assistant license must pass a surgical assistant examination approved by the medical board. Any written portion of the examination must...
• Texas Section 206.205 - Special Eligibility For License
  (a) A person who is otherwise eligible for a license under Section 206.203 is not required to take the examination required by Section 206.203(b)(1) if...
• Texas Section 206.206 - Temporary License
  (a) The medical board may, through the executive director, issue a temporary license to an applicant who: (1) submits an application on a form prescribed...
• Texas Section 206.207 - Assistance By Medical Board
  The medical board shall provide administrative and clerical employees as necessary to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 206.208 - Fees
  (a) The medical board shall set and collect fees in amounts that are reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of administering and enforcing this...
• Texas Section 206.209 - Issuance And Renewal Of License
  (a) The medical board shall issue a surgical assistant license in this state to a person who meets the requirements of this chapter and the...
• Texas Section 206.210 - License Renewal
  (a) A surgical assistant license expires on the second anniversary of the date of issuance. The medical board by rule shall provide for the renewal...
• Texas Section 206.211 - Notice Of License Renewal
  At least 30 days before the expiration of a person's license, the medical board shall send written notice of the impending license expiration to the...
• Texas Section 206.212 - Procedure For Renewal
  (a) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the medical...
• Texas Section 206.213 - Renewal Of Expired License By Out-of-state Practitioner
  (a) If the person was licensed as a surgical assistant in this state, moved to another state, and is currently licensed as a surgical assistant...

SUBCHAPTER F SCOPE OF PRACTICE

• Texas Section 206.214 - License Holder Information
  (a) Each license holder shall file with the medical board: (1) the license holder's mailing address; (2) the address of the license holder's residence; (3)...
• Texas Section 206.251 - Scope Of Practice
  (a) The practice of a surgical assistant is limited to surgical assisting performed under the direct supervision of a physician who delegated the acts. (b)...
• Texas Section 206.252 - Service Contracts
  This chapter does not: (1) limit the employment arrangement of a surgical assistant licensed under this chapter; (2) require a surgeon or hospital to contract...
• Texas Section 206.2525 - Reimbursement For Services
  (a) This chapter does not limit the way in which a surgical assistant licensed under this chapter may be reimbursed for services. (b) A surgical...
• Texas Section 206.253 - Certain Prohibited Practices
  (a) This chapter does not authorize a person who holds a license issued under this chapter to engage in the practice of: (1) medicine, as...

SUBCHAPTER G DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

• Texas Section 206.254 - Establishment Of Certain Functions And Standards
  A surgical assistant and the surgical assistant's delegating physician shall ensure that: (1) the surgical assistant's scope of function is identified; (2) the delegation of...
• Texas Section 206.301 - Disciplinary Actions By The Medical Board
  (a) Except as provided by Section 206.305, on a determination that an applicant or license holder committed an act described by Section 206.302, 206.303, or...
• Texas Section 206.302 - Conduct Related To Fraud Or Misrepresentation
  The medical board may take action under Section 206.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain...
• Texas Section 206.303 - Conduct Related To Violation Of Law
  (a) The medical board may take action under Section 206.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) violates this chapter or a rule adopted...
• Texas Section 206.304 - Conduct Indicating Lack Of Fitness
  (a) The medical board may take action under Section 206.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) habitually uses drugs or intoxicating liquors to...
• Texas Section 206.305 - Rehabilitation Order
  (a) The medical board, through an agreed order or after a contested case proceeding, may impose a rehabilitation order on an applicant, as a prerequisite...
• Texas Section 206.306 - Effect Of Rehabilitation Order
  (a) A rehabilitation order imposed under Section 206.305 is a nondisciplinary private order. If entered into by agreement, the order is an agreed disposition or...
• Texas Section 206.307 - Audit Of Rehabilitation Order
  (a) The medical board shall maintain a rehabilitation order imposed under Section 206.305 in a confidential file. The file is subject to an independent audit...
• Texas Section 206.3075 - Responsibilities Of Private Associations
  (a) If a rehabilitation order imposed under Section 206.305 requires a license holder to participate in activities or programs provided by a local or statewide...
• Texas Section 206.308 - Subpoena
  (a) The executive director, the director's designee, or the secretary-treasurer of the board may issue a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum: (1) to conduct an...
• Texas Section 206.309 - Protection Of Patient Identity
  In a disciplinary investigation or proceeding conducted under this chapter, the medical board shall protect the identity of each patient whose medical records are examined...
• Texas Section 206.310 - Rules For Disciplinary Proceedings
  Rules of practice adopted under this chapter by the medical board under Section 2001.004, Government Code, applicable to the proceedings for a disciplinary action may...
• Texas Section 206.311 - Required Suspension Of Incarcerated Surgical Assistant
  Regardless of the offense, the medical board shall suspend the license of a surgical assistant serving a prison term in a state or federal penitentiary...
• Texas Section 206.312 - Temporary Suspension
  (a) The president of the medical board, with medical board approval, shall appoint a three-member disciplinary panel consisting of medical board members to determine whether...
• Texas Section 206.313 - Informal Proceedings
  (a) The medical board by rule shall adopt procedures under this chapter governing: (1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code;...
• Texas Section 206.314 - Roles And Responsibilities Of Participants In Informal Proceedings
  (a) A medical board or district review committee member that serves as a panelist at an informal meeting under Section 206.313 shall make recommendations for...

SUBCHAPTER H ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY

• Texas Section 206.315 - Medical Board Representation In Informal Proceedings
  (a) In an informal proceeding under Section 206.313, at least two panelists shall be appointed to determine whether an informal disposition is appropriate. (b) The...
• Texas Section 206.351 - Administrative Penalty
  (a) The medical board by order may impose an administrative penalty against a person licensed under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule...

Last modified: September 28, 2016