88R12750 JTZ-F
By: Allison H.B. No. 3227
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a physician to supervise or delegate
the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device to a physician
assistant or advanced practice registered nurse.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 157.0511, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A physician may not supervise or delegate the
prescribing or ordering of a drug or device under this subchapter to
a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse if the
physician has, in the preceding two years, been subject to
disciplinary action for a standard of care violation by the board or
a medical licensing board of any other state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.