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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to physician delegation of the provision of anesthesia |
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services to certain anesthesiologist assistants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 157, |
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Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER B. DELEGATION TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES, |
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[AND] PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 157.061 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 157.061. DELEGATION TO CERTAIN ANESTHESIOLOGIST |
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ASSISTANTS. (a) In a licensed hospital or ambulatory surgical |
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center, a supervising physician who is an anesthesiologist may |
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delegate the administration and provision of an anesthetic or an |
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anesthesia-related service ordered by the supervising physician to |
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an anesthesiologist assistant who: |
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(1) has passed the Certifying Examination for |
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Anesthesiologist Assistants administered by the National |
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Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants or the |
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commission's successor entity; and |
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(2) holds a certificate issued by the National |
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Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants or the |
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commission's successor entity. |
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(b) The supervising physician's order for an anesthetic or |
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an anesthesia-related service is not required to specify a drug, |
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dose, or administration technique. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |