Texas Occupations Code
§ 157.054 — PRESCRIBING AT FACILITY-BASED PRACTICE SITES
OC § 157.054Title 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)One or more physicians licensed by the board may delegate, to one or more physician assistants or advanced practice registered nurses acting under adequate physician supervision whose practice is facility-based at a hospital or licensed long-term care facility, the administration or provision of a drug and the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device if each of the delegating physicians is:
(1)the medical director or chief of medical staff of the facility in which the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse practices;
(2)the chair of the facility's credentialing committee;
(3)a department chair of a facility department in which the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse practices; or
(4)a physician who consents to the request of the medical director or chief of medical staff to delegate the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device at the facility in which the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse practices. (a-1) The limits on the number of advanced practice registered nurses or physician assistants to whom a physician may delegate under Section 157.0512 do not apply to a physician under Subsection (a) whose practice is facility-based under this section, provided that the physician is not delegating in a freestanding clinic, center, or practice of the facility.
(b)A physician's authority to delegate under Subsection (a) is limited as follows:
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 746 (S.B. 532), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (S.B. 406), Sec. 5, eff. November 1, 2013.