Tex. Occ. Code § 453.302 · Subchapter G. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
TREATING PATIENT WITHOUT REFERRAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Emergency circumstance" means an instance in which emergency medical care is necessary.
(2) "Emergency medical care" means a bona fide emergency service provided after the sudden onset of a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:
(A) serious jeopardy to the patient's health;
(B) serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part; or
(C) serious impairment to bodily functions.
(b) In an emergency circumstance, including a minor emergency, a physical therapist may provide emergency medical care to a person to the best of the therapist's ability without a referral from a referring practitioner.
(c) A physical therapist may provide physical assessments or instructions to an asymptomatic person without a referral from a referring practitioner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.453.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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