Tex. Occupations Code § 155.205
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 155.205, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 155.205. SPONSORING PHYSICIAN.
Official statutory text
(a) A physician is eligible to enter into a supervising practice agreement as a sponsoring physician if the physician:
(1) holds a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine issued under this subtitle;
(2) is not currently the subject of disciplinary action by the board or the medical licensing authority of any other jurisdiction;
(3) is certified by a medical specialty member board of:
(A) the American Board of Medical Specialties;
(B) the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;
(C) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or
(D) any other medical specialty member organization the board recognizes; and
(4) practices medicine in the specialty for which the physician is certified under Subdivision (3).
(b) A sponsoring physician who enters into a supervising practice agreement with a physician graduate shall comply with all board rules related to the supervision of physician graduates.
(c) The board by rule shall establish the maximum number of physician graduates that a sponsoring physician may supervise under supervising practice agreements.
(1) holds a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine issued under this subtitle;
(2) is not currently the subject of disciplinary action by the board or the medical licensing authority of any other jurisdiction;
(3) is certified by a medical specialty member board of:
(A) the American Board of Medical Specialties;
(B) the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;
(C) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or
(D) any other medical specialty member organization the board recognizes; and
(4) practices medicine in the specialty for which the physician is certified under Subdivision (3).
(b) A sponsoring physician who enters into a supervising practice agreement with a physician graduate shall comply with all board rules related to the supervision of physician graduates.
(c) The board by rule shall establish the maximum number of physician graduates that a sponsoring physician may supervise under supervising practice agreements.
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