Tex. Occ. Code § 204.003

APPLICABILITY

Known as the Physician Assistant Licensing Act

The act spans §§ 204.001 to 204.353 (77 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Shaw v. State (2006)

Most recently applied in Shaw v. State (January 2006)

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

(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.

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