Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
OCCUPATIONS CODE |
Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
Subtitle C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES |
Chapter 204. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 204.003. APPLICABILITY
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(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.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.