Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LABOR CODE |
Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION |
Subtitle A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT |
Chapter 408. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS |
Subchapter B. MEDICAL BENEFITS |
Sec. 408.029. NURSE FIRST ASSISTANT SERVICES
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An insurance carrier may not refuse to reimburse a health care practitioner solely because that practitioner is a nurse first assistant, as defined by Section 301.1525, Occupations Code, for a covered service that a physician providing health care services under this subtitle has requested the nurse first assistant to perform.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 812, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.