Tex. Occ. Code § 151.056 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBTITLE
APPLICATION TO TELEMEDICINE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is physically located in another jurisdiction but who, through the use of any medium, including an electronic medium, performs an act that is part of a patient care service initiated in this state, including the taking of an x-ray examination or the preparation of pathological material for examination, and that would affect the diagnosis or treatment of the patient, is considered to be engaged in the practice of medicine in this state and is subject to appropriate regulation by the board.
(b) This section does not apply to the act of:
(1) a medical specialist located in another jurisdiction who provides only episodic consultation services on request to a physician licensed in this state who practices in the same medical specialty;
(2) a physician located in another jurisdiction who is providing consultation services to a medical school as defined by Section 61.501, Education Code;
(3) a physician located in another jurisdiction who is providing consultation services to an institution subject to:
(A) Subchapter C, Chapter 73, Education Code; or
(B) Subchapter K, Chapter 74, Education Code; or
(4) a physician located in another jurisdiction of a state having borders contiguous with the borders of this state who is the treating physician of a patient and orders home health or hospice services for a resident of this state to be delivered by a home and community support services agency licensed in this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.022(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.151.htm
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 61.501DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 61.501, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code ch. 73, subch. CTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTERPrinted as Subchapter C, Chapter 73, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code ch. 74, subch. KTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLERPrinted as Subchapter K, Chapter 74, Education Code
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