Texas Occupations Code

§ 204.003 — APPLICABILITY

OC § 204.003Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES · Ch. 204. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(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 physician who performs delegated tasks but does not act as a physician assistant or represent that the person is a physician assistant; or

(2)any other licensed health care worker acting within the scope of that person's license if the person:

(A)does not use the title "physician assistant" or the initials "P.A."; or

(B)is not represented or designated as a physician assistant.

(b)This chapter does not limit the employment arrangement of a physician assistant licensed under this chapter.

Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.