HOUSE BILL 1149 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Turner, Sylvester |
EFFECTIVE: 05-20-97 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Barrientos |
House Bill 1149 amends the Texas Professional Association Act to allow joint ownership of professional associations by licensed podiatrists and licensed medical and osteopathic doctors.
The act limits the authority of each practitioner in such an association to the scope of practice for which that practitioner is specifically licensed and prohibits a practitioner from exercising control over the other's licensed clinical authority. The act also specifies that, in such an arrangement, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners retain control over the practitioners' licenses.