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Tex. Occ. Code § 155.206

SUPERVISING PRACTICE AGREEMENT REQUIRED

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 graduate shall enter into a supervising practice agreement with a sponsoring physician.

(b) A physician graduate who has not entered into a supervising practice agreement may not practice or attempt to practice medicine.

(c) A physician graduate who enters into a supervising practice agreement may practice under the delegation and supervision of another physician if:

(1) the sponsoring physician authorizes the practice of the physician graduate under the delegation and supervision of the other physician in a written document that identifies the other physician by name; and

(2) the other physician is:

(A) part of the sponsoring physician's physician group or facility; and

(B) certified in the same specialty as the sponsoring physician by a medical specialty member board of:

(i) the American Board of Medical Specialties;

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

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

(iv) any other medical specialty member organization recognized by the board.

(d) The physician profile under Section 154.006 of a sponsoring physician or physician graduate must indicate in the manner prescribed by board rule that the sponsoring physician or physician graduate has entered into a supervising practice agreement.

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