Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD › Chapter 184 - SURGICAL ASSISTANTS › Section 184.4 - Qualifications for Licensure

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual applying for
				licensure must:
(1) submit an application on
				forms approved by the board;
(2)
				pay the appropriate application fee;
(3) certify that the applicant is mentally
				and physically able to function safely as a surgical assistant;
(4) not have a license, certification, or
				registration in this state or from any other licensing authority or certifying
				professional organization that is currently revoked, suspended, or subject to
				probation or other disciplinary action for cause;
(5) have no proceedings that have been
				instituted against the applicant for the restriction, cancellation, suspension,
				or revocation of certificate, license, or authority to practice surgical
				assisting in the state, Canadian province, or uniformed service of the United
				States in which it was issued;
(6)
				have no prosecution pending against the applicant in any state, federal, or
				Canadian court for any offense that under the laws of this state is a
				felony;
(7) not have been convicted
				of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;
(8) not use drugs or alcohol to an extent
				that affects the applicant's professional competency;
(9) not have engaged in fraud or deceit in
				applying for a license;
(10) pass
				an independently evaluated surgical or first assistant examination approved by
				the board;
(11) have been awarded
				at least an associate's degree at a two or four year institution of higher
				education;
(12) have successfully
				completed an educational program as set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
				this paragraph;
(A) A surgical assistant
				program accredited, for the entire duration of applicant's attendance, by the
				Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP);
				or
(B) a substantially equivalent
				program that is one of the following:
(i) a
				medical school whereby the applicant can verify completion of basic and
				clinical sciences coursework;
(ii)
				a registered nurse first assistant program that is approved or recognized by an
				organization recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing for purposes of licensure
				as a registered nurse first assistant; or
(iii) a post graduate clinical physician
				assistant program accredited, for the entire duration of applicant's
				attendance, by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the
				Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA), or by that committee's predecessor or
				successor entities designed to prepare the physician assistant for a surgical
				specialty.
(C) The
				curriculum of an educational program listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
				this paragraph must include at a minimum, either as a part of that curriculum
				or as a required prerequisite, successful completion of college level
				instruction in the following courses:
(i)
				anatomy;
(ii) physiology;
(iii) basic pharmacology;
(iv) aseptic techniques;
(v) operative procedures;
(vi) chemistry;
(vii) microbiology; and
(viii) pathophysiology.
(13) demonstrate to the
				satisfaction of the board the completion of full-time work experience performed
				in the United States under the direct supervision of a physician licensed in
				the United States consisting of at least 2,000 hours of performance as an
				assistant in surgical procedures for the three years preceding the date of the
				application;
(14) be currently
				certified by a national certifying board approved by the board; and
(15) submit to the board any other
				information the board considers necessary to evaluate the applicant's
				qualifications.