Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD › Chapter 185 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 185.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
(1) Act--The Physician
				Assistant Licensing Act, Texas Occupations Code Annotated, Title 3, Subtitle C,
				Chapter 204 as amended.
(2)
				Agency--The divisions, departments, and employees of the Texas Medical Board,
				the Texas Physician Assistant Board, and the Texas State Board of Acupuncture
				Examiners.
(3) Alternate
				physician--A physician providing appropriate supervision on a temporary
				basis.
(4) APA--The Administrative
				Procedure Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 2001 as amended.
(5) Applicant--A party seeking a license from
				the Texas Physician Assistant Board.
(6) Board or the "physician assistant
				board"--The Texas Physician Assistant Board.
(7) Executive Director--The Executive
				Director of the Agency or the authorized designee of the Executive
				Director.
(8) Good professional
				character--An applicant for licensure must not be in violation of or committed
				any act described in the Physician Assistant Licensing Act, §§204.302
				- 204.304, Texas Occupations Code Annotated.
(9) Medical Board--The Texas Medical
				Board.
(10) Medical Practice
				Act--Texas Occupations Code Annotated, Title 3, Subtitle B, as
				amended.
(11) Military service
				member--A person who is on active duty.
(12) Military spouse--A person who is married
				to a military service member.
(13)
				Military veteran--A person who served on active duty and who was discharged or
				released from active duty.
(14)
				Open Meetings Act--Texas Government Code Annotated, Chapter 551 as
				amended.
(15) Party--The physician
				assistant board and each person named or admitted as a party in a hearing
				before the State Office of Administrative Hearings or contested case before the
				physician assistant board.
(16)
				Physician assistant--A person licensed as a physician assistant by the Texas
				Physician Assistant Board.
(17)
				Prescriptive authority agreement--An agreement entered into by a physician and
				an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant through which the
				physician delegates to the advanced practice registered nurse or physician
				assistant the act of prescribing or ordering a drug or device. Prescriptive
				authority agreements are required for the delegation of the act of prescribing
				or ordering a drug or device in all practice settings, with the exception of a
				facility-based practice, pursuant to §157.054 of the Act.
(18) Presiding Officer--The physician
				assistant member of the Board appointed by the Governor to serve as the
				presiding officer of the board.
(19) State--Any state, territory, or insular
				possession of the United States and the District of Columbia.
(20) Submit--The term used to indicate that a
				completed item has been actually received and date-stamped by the board along
				with all required documentation and fees, if any.
(21) Supervising physician--A physician
				licensed by the medical board who has an active and unrestricted license and
				assumes responsibility and legal liability for the services rendered by the
				physician assistant, and who has notified the Medical Board of the intent to
				supervise a specific physician assistant and of the termination of such
				supervision.
(22)
				Supervision--Overseeing the activities of, and accepting responsibility for,
				the medical services rendered by a physician assistant. Supervision does not
				require the constant physical presence of the supervising physician but
				includes a situation where a supervising physician and the person being
				supervised are, or can easily be, in contact with one another by radio,
				telephone, or another telecommunication device.
(23) Unrestricted medical license--A license
				held by a physician issued by the Medical Board that is not subject to an order
				with restrictions that would impair a physician's ability to supervise a PA
				inconsistent with the public's well-being that could harm patients.
(24) Active duty--A person who is currently
				serving as full-time military service member in the armed forces of the United
				States or active duty military service as a member of the Texas military
				forces, as defined by §
									437.001, Government
				Code, or similar military service of another state.
(25) Armed forces of the United States--Army,
				Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps of the United States or a reserve
				unit of one of those branches of the armed forces.