Tex. Occ. Code § 205.302 · Subchapter G. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
AUTHORIZED PRACTICE WITHOUT REFERRAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) After notice and public hearing, the medical board shall determine by rule whether an acupuncturist may treat a patient for alcoholism or chronic pain without a referral from a physician, dentist, or chiropractor. The medical board shall make the determination based on clinical evidence and what the medical board determines to be in the best interest of affected patients.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 205.301, a license holder may, without a referral from a physician, dentist, or chiropractor, perform acupuncture on a person for:
(1) smoking addiction;
(2) weight loss; or
(3) substance abuse, to the extent permitted by medical board rule adopted with advice from the acupuncture board.
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. 719, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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