Texas Occupations Code
§ 453.302 — TREATING PATIENT WITHOUT REFERRAL
OC § 453.302Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part H. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN TYPES OF THERAPY · Ch. 453. PHYSICAL THERAPISTS · Art. G. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Emergency circumstance" means an instance in which emergency medical care is necessary.
(2)"Emergency medical care" means a bona fide emergency service provided after the sudden onset of a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:
(A)serious jeopardy to the patient's health;
(B)serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or
(C)serious impairment to bodily functions.
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Legislative history
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.