Tex. Occupations Code § 202.354
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 202.354, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 202.354. DELEGATION OF CERTAIN ACTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A podiatrist may delegate to a qualified and properly trained podiatric medical assistant acting under the podiatrist's supervision any podiatric medical act that a reasonable and prudent podiatrist would find within the scope of sound medical judgment to delegate if:
(1) in the opinion of the delegating podiatrist, the medical act:
(A) can be properly and safely performed by the podiatric medical assistant to whom the podiatric medical act is delegated; and
(B) is performed in a customary manner and not in violation of any other statute; and
(2) the podiatric medical assistant to whom the podiatric medical act is delegated does not represent to the public that the medical assistant is authorized to practice podiatry.
(b) A delegating podiatrist is responsible for a podiatric medical act performed by the podiatric medical assistant to whom the podiatrist delegates the act.
(c) The department may determine whether:
(1) an act constitutes the practice of podiatric medicine; and
(2) a podiatric medical act may be properly or safely delegated by podiatrists.
(1) in the opinion of the delegating podiatrist, the medical act:
(A) can be properly and safely performed by the podiatric medical assistant to whom the podiatric medical act is delegated; and
(B) is performed in a customary manner and not in violation of any other statute; and
(2) the podiatric medical assistant to whom the podiatric medical act is delegated does not represent to the public that the medical assistant is authorized to practice podiatry.
(b) A delegating podiatrist is responsible for a podiatric medical act performed by the podiatric medical assistant to whom the podiatrist delegates the act.
(c) The department may determine whether:
(1) an act constitutes the practice of podiatric medicine; and
(2) a podiatric medical act may be properly or safely delegated by podiatrists.
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