Bill Text: TX SB924 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of an anesthesiologist assistant certificate by the Texas Medical Board; providing an administrative penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB924 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB924-Introduced.html
86R1078 JCG-F | ||
By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 924 |
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relating to the issuance of an anesthesiologist assistant | ||
certificate by the Texas Medical Board; providing an administrative | ||
penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 3, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 207 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 207. ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS | ||
Sec. 207.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Anesthesiologist assistant" means a person who | ||
holds a certificate issued under this chapter. | ||
(2) "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board. | ||
Sec. 207.002. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The medical board | ||
shall administer and enforce this chapter. | ||
Sec. 207.003. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE. The medical board | ||
shall issue a certificate to an applicant who: | ||
(1) submits proof of completion of a graduate level | ||
training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of | ||
Allied Health Education Programs or its successor organization; | ||
(2) passes a certifying examination administered by | ||
the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist | ||
Assistants or its successor organization not later than 12 months | ||
from the date of completion of the training program required under | ||
Subdivision (1); | ||
(3) submits proof of current certification from the | ||
National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist | ||
Assistants or its successor organization; and | ||
(4) meets any additional qualifications adopted by the | ||
medical board by rule. | ||
Sec. 207.004. USE OF TITLE. (a) A person may not use the | ||
title "anesthesiologist assistant" or represent that the person is | ||
an anesthesiologist assistant unless the person holds a certificate | ||
issued under this chapter. A person who violates this subsection is | ||
subject to an administrative penalty in an amount to be determined | ||
by the medical board. | ||
(b) A student in an anesthesiologist assistant training | ||
program shall be identified as a student anesthesiologist assistant | ||
or an anesthesiologist assistant student. A student may not use or | ||
permit to be used on the student's behalf the term "intern," | ||
"resident," or "fellow," or another term that identifies the | ||
student as a physician or surgeon. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than June 1, 2020, the Texas Medical | ||
Board shall adopt the rules and procedures necessary to administer | ||
Chapter 207, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
(b) Section 207.004, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, | ||
takes effect September 1, 2020. |