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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the renewal of a registration permit by a physician. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 156.001, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows: |
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(e-1) In addition to the information required by Subsection |
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(c), a license holder shall submit to the board with the |
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registration permit renewal application a statement on a form |
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prescribed by the board that: |
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(1) any delegation by the license holder of a medical |
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act to a health care provider who is not a physician has been in |
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accordance with applicable law, including the supervision required |
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by that law; and |
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(2) for any prescriptive authority agreement into |
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which the license holder has entered with an advanced practice |
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registered nurse or physician assistant, the agreement is in |
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accordance with applicable law and the license holder has |
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supervised each advanced practice registered nurse and physician |
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assistant as required by the agreement. |
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SECTION 2. Section 156.001(e-1), Occupations Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a |
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registration permit under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, |
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that is submitted on or after December 1, 2023. An application for |
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renewal submitted before December 1, 2023, is governed by the law in |
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effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas |
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Medical Board shall prescribe the form required by Section |
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156.001(e-1), Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |