Bill Text: TX HB3229 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a physician to supervise or delegate the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device to a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to Public Health [HB3229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3229-Introduced.html
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By: Allison | H.B. No. 3229 |
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relating to the authority of a physician to supervise or delegate | ||
the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device to a physician | ||
assistant or advanced practice registered nurse. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 157.0511, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A physician may not supervise or delegate the | ||
prescribing or ordering of a drug or device under this subchapter to | ||
a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse who | ||
practices in a medical specialty outside the scope of the | ||
physician's residency training or primary medical practice, unless | ||
the physician has not less than five years of previous practice | ||
experience in that specialty. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |