Tex. Occ. Code § 206.251 · Subchapter F. SCOPE OF PRACTICE
SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The practice of a surgical assistant is limited to surgical assisting performed under the direct supervision of a physician who delegated the acts.
(b) The practice of a surgical assistant may be performed in any place authorized by a delegating licensed physician, including a clinic, hospital, ambulatory surgical center, or other institutional setting.
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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