Tex. Occupations Code § 206.254
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 206.254, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 206.254. ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AND STANDARDS.
Official statutory text
A surgical assistant and the surgical assistant's delegating physician shall ensure that:
(1) the surgical assistant's scope of function is identified;
(2) the delegation of medical tasks is appropriate to the surgical assistant's level of competence;
(3) the relationship between the surgical assistant and the delegating physician and the access of the surgical assistant to the delegating physician are defined; and
(4) a process is established for evaluating the surgical assistant's performance.
(1) the surgical assistant's scope of function is identified;
(2) the delegation of medical tasks is appropriate to the surgical assistant's level of competence;
(3) the relationship between the surgical assistant and the delegating physician and the access of the surgical assistant to the delegating physician are defined; and
(4) a process is established for evaluating the surgical assistant's performance.
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