PHYSICIAN REQUIREMENT
Known as the Texas Mental Health Code
The act spans §§ 571–580 (237 sections).
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 5.01, eff
(a) Only a physician may administer electroconvulsive therapy.
(b) A physician may not delegate the act of administering the therapy. A nonphysician who administers electroconvulsive therapy is considered to be practicing medicine in violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.