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| 1 | 1 | 86R3025 KKR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Creighton S.B. No. 1022 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to submission of reports by an advanced practice | |
| 8 | 8 | registered nurse under the workers' compensation system. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 408.025(a-1), Labor Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) A treating doctor may delegate to a physician | |
| 13 | 13 | assistant who is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter | |
| 14 | 14 | 204, Occupations Code, or an advanced practice registered nurse who | |
| 15 | 15 | is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter 301, | |
| 16 | 16 | Occupations Code, the authority to complete and sign a work status | |
| 17 | 17 | report regarding an injured employee's ability to return to | |
| 18 | 18 | work. The delegating treating doctor is responsible for the acts | |
| 19 | 19 | of the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse | |
| 20 | 20 | under this subsection. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |