Texas Occupations Code
§ 157.0513 — PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY AGREEMENT: INFORMATION
OC § 157.0513Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 157. AUTHORITY OF PHYSICIAN TO DELEGATE CERTAIN MEDICAL ACTS · Art. B. DELEGATION TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Statute text
View on source(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 names, locations, and license numbers of each physician, advanced practice registered nurse, and physician assistant who has entered into a prescriptive authority agreement;
(2)by which each board shall immediately notify the other boards when a license holder of the board becomes the subject of an investigation involving the delegation and supervision of prescriptive authority, as well as the final disposition of any such investigation;
(3)by which each board shall maintain and share a list of the board's license holders who have been subject to a final adverse disciplinary action for an act involving the delegation and supervision of prescriptive authority; and
(4)to ensure that each advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant who has entered into a prescriptive authority agreement authorizing the prescribing of opioids is required to complete not less than two hours of continuing education annually regarding safe and effective pain management related to the prescription of opioids and other controlled substances, including education regarding:
(A)reasonable standards of care;
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 818 (H.B. 2454), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.