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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the delegation of prescriptive authority by physicians. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 157.0512, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (j-1) to read as follows: |
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(j-1) A physician may not request or receive remuneration |
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for delegating prescriptive authority to an advanced practice |
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registered nurse or physician assistant. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a delegation of |
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prescriptive authority given on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A delegation given before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law as it existed immediately before that date, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |