| 1 | 1 | | 86R1077 TSR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1992 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to physician delegation of the provision of anesthesia |
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| 8 | 8 | | services to certain anesthesiologist assistants. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 157, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SUBCHAPTER B. DELEGATION TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES, |
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| 13 | 13 | | [AND] PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 157.061 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 157.061. DELEGATION TO CERTAIN ANESTHESIOLOGIST |
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| 17 | 17 | | ASSISTANTS. (a) In a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical |
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| 18 | 18 | | center, a supervising physician who is an anesthesiologist may |
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| 19 | 19 | | delegate the administration and provision of an anesthetic or an |
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| 20 | 20 | | anesthesia-related service ordered by the supervising physician to |
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| 21 | 21 | | an anesthesiologist assistant who: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) has passed the Certifying Examination for |
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| 23 | 23 | | Anesthesiologist Assistants administered by the National |
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| 24 | 24 | | Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants or the |
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| 25 | 25 | | commission's successor entity; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) holds a certificate issued by the National |
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| 27 | 27 | | Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants or the |
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| 28 | 28 | | commission's successor entity. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The supervising physician's order for an anesthetic or |
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| 30 | 30 | | an anesthesia-related service is not required to specify a drug, |
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| 31 | 31 | | dose, or administration technique. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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