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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to submission of reports by an advanced practice |
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registered nurse under the workers' compensation system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 408.025(a-1), Labor Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) A treating doctor may delegate to a physician |
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assistant who is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter |
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204, Occupations Code, or an advanced practice registered nurse who |
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is licensed to practice in this state under Chapter 301, |
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Occupations Code, the authority to complete and sign a work status |
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report regarding an injured employee's ability to return to |
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work. The delegating treating doctor is responsible for the acts |
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of the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse |
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under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |