86R14121 BEE-D
By: Darby H.B. No. 2907
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a physician's order or protocol delegating certain
radiologic procedures to certain health care providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 157.0551 to read as follows:
Sec. 157.0551. ORDERS AND PROTOCOLS: CERTAIN RADIOLOGIC
PROCEDURES. Notwithstanding any other law, a physician may
delegate by an order, medical order, standing delegation order, or
another order or protocol authority for an advanced practice
registered nurse to:
(1) read and interpret radiological studies; and
(2) render diagnoses based on radiological studies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.