88R12748 DIO-F
 
  By: Allison H.B. No. 3228
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requirements for the renewal of a physician's
  registration permit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 156.001, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
         (d-1)  If the license holder supervises or delegates medical
  acts to any non-physician health care provider, the license holder
  shall attest on the registration renewal application that the
  license holder has provided proper supervision and has properly
  delegated medical acts:
               (1)  generally, for any non-physician health care
  provider; and
               (2)  specifically, for any advanced practice
  registered nurse or physician assistant with whom the license
  holder has entered into a prescriptive authority agreement under
  Section 157.0512.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas
  Medical Board by rule shall prescribe the method by which a
  physician who renews the physician's registration permit may make
  and electronically sign the attestation required by Section
  156.001(d-1), Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  Section 156.001(d-1), Occupations Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a
  registration permit submitted on or after January 1, 2024.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.