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Tex. Occ. Code § 155.205

SPONSORING PHYSICIAN

Known as the Medical Practice Act

The act spans §§ 151–172 (375 sections).

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 2038), Sec. 3.001, eff

(a) A physician is eligible to enter into a supervising practice agreement as a sponsoring physician if the physician:

(1) holds a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine issued under this subtitle;

(2) is not currently the subject of disciplinary action by the board or the medical licensing authority of any other jurisdiction;

(3) is certified by a medical specialty member board of:

(A) the American Board of Medical Specialties;

(B) the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;

(C) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or

(D) any other medical specialty member organization the board recognizes; and

(4) practices medicine in the specialty for which the physician is certified under Subdivision (3).

(b) A sponsoring physician who enters into a supervising practice agreement with a physician graduate shall comply with all board rules related to the supervision of physician graduates.

(c) The board by rule shall establish the maximum number of physician graduates that a sponsoring physician may supervise under supervising practice agreements.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.