Bill Text: TX SB1959 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a physician to supervise or delegate the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device to a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1959 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1959-Introduced.html

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88R12747 JTZ-F
By: Flores S.B. No. 1959

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a physician to supervise or delegate
the prescribing or ordering of a drug or device to a physician
assistant or advanced practice registered nurse.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 157.0511, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A physician may not supervise or delegate the
prescribing or ordering of a drug or device under this subchapter to
a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse who
practices in a medical specialty outside the scope of the
physician's residency training or primary medical practice, unless
the physician has not less than five years of previous practice
experience in that specialty.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.