Tex. Occ. Code § 206.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
APPLICABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person is not required to hold a license under this chapter if the person is:
(1) a student enrolled in a surgical assistant education program approved by the medical board who is assisting in a surgical operation that is an integral part of the program of study;
(2) a surgical assistant employed in the service of the federal government while performing duties related to that employment;
(3) a person acting under the delegated authority of a licensed physician;
(4) a licensed health care worker acting within the scope of the person's license;
(5) a registered nurse; or
(6) a licensed physician assistant.
(b) This chapter does not affect the authority of a licensed physician to delegate acts under Subtitle B.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, 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.206.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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