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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prescribing or ordering of a controlled substance |
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or dangerous drug or device by an advanced practice registered |
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nurse or physician assistant under a prescriptive authority |
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agreement. |
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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 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A] physician |
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may delegate to an advanced practice registered nurse or physician |
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assistant, acting under adequate physician supervision, the act of |
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prescribing or ordering a drug or device as authorized through a |
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prescriptive authority agreement between the physician and the |
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advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant, as |
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applicable. |
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(a-1) A physician may not delegate to an advanced practice |
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registered nurse or physician assistant, acting under adequate |
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physician supervision, the act of prescribing or ordering a |
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controlled substance or dangerous drug or device unless authorized |
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under a prescriptive authority agreement between the physician and |
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the advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant, as |
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applicable. An advanced practice registered nurse or physician |
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assistant prescribing or ordering a controlled substance or |
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dangerous drug or device under this subsection may do so only for a |
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patient with whom the physician who makes the delegation has an |
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established physician-patient relationship. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |