Tex. Occ. Code § 206.253 · Subchapter F. SCOPE OF PRACTICE
CERTAIN PROHIBITED PRACTICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This chapter does not authorize a person who holds a license issued under this chapter to engage in the practice of:
(1) medicine, as defined by Subtitle B; or
(2) nursing, as defined by Chapter 301.
(b) A health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, or health benefit plan may not require a registered nurse or physician assistant to be licensed as a surgical assistant as a condition for reimbursement.
(c) A clinic, hospital, ambulatory surgical center, or other facility may not require a registered nurse or physician assistant to be licensed as a surgical assistant as a condition for assisting at surgery at the facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 2.016, eff. Feb. 1, 2004.
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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