Tex. Occupations Code § 155.206
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 155.206, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 155.206. SUPERVISING PRACTICE AGREEMENT REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
(a) A physician graduate shall enter into a supervising practice agreement with a sponsoring physician.
(b) A physician graduate who has not entered into a supervising practice agreement may not practice or attempt to practice medicine.
(c) A physician graduate who enters into a supervising practice agreement may practice under the delegation and supervision of another physician if:
(1) the sponsoring physician authorizes the practice of the physician graduate under the delegation and supervision of the other physician in a written document that identifies the other physician by name; and
(2) the other physician is:
(A) part of the sponsoring physician's physician group or facility; and
(B) certified in the same specialty as the sponsoring physician by a medical specialty member board of:
(i) the American Board of Medical Specialties;
(ii) the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;
(iii) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or
(iv) any other medical specialty member organization recognized by the board.
(d) The physician profile under Section 154.006 of a sponsoring physician or physician graduate must indicate in the manner prescribed by board rule that the sponsoring physician or physician graduate has entered into a supervising practice agreement.
(b) A physician graduate who has not entered into a supervising practice agreement may not practice or attempt to practice medicine.
(c) A physician graduate who enters into a supervising practice agreement may practice under the delegation and supervision of another physician if:
(1) the sponsoring physician authorizes the practice of the physician graduate under the delegation and supervision of the other physician in a written document that identifies the other physician by name; and
(2) the other physician is:
(A) part of the sponsoring physician's physician group or facility; and
(B) certified in the same specialty as the sponsoring physician by a medical specialty member board of:
(i) the American Board of Medical Specialties;
(ii) the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;
(iii) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or
(iv) any other medical specialty member organization recognized by the board.
(d) The physician profile under Section 154.006 of a sponsoring physician or physician graduate must indicate in the manner prescribed by board rule that the sponsoring physician or physician graduate has entered into a supervising practice agreement.
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