Currently, there is no law that prohibits this practice. With the legislature coming to town, there may be a push by the Texas Medical Association to ban this practice, but I do not see the legislature doing so this session. There are too many other issues to tackle and it is anti-free market.
However, the Texas [...]
On December 7th, the Governor, the Lt. Governor, and the Speaker of House sent a letter to all state agencies, including all the health licensing board, and directed them to cut 2.5% of their budget for rest of the 2011 Fiscal Year. The FY 2011 began on September 1st. The FY 2011 began with a [...]
According to public information on December 3, 2010, the Texas Physician Health Program, which also serves Physician Assistants and Acupuncturist, now has more than 100 people enrolled in its monitoring program.
The two big issues that are still unsettled is how to deal with licensees who agree to cease their practice altogether. The Medical Board and [...]
At the August 25th meeting of the Standing Delegation Committee, there was an open discussion that it was the possession of the committee is that requests for waiver of the mid-level supervision rules filed appear, in the opinion of the committee, were being requested too often for the physician’s convenience with no benefit to the [...]
For Physicians, Physician Assistants and Acupuncturist, if you have a website for yourself or your practice effect July 1, 2010, the Board has instituted new rules that directly affect you. The rule, I believe is some what onerous and vague. I think it may be difficult for some people to comply with; but if you [...]
There are new prescriptive delegation rules drafted by the Texas Medical Board and many physicians, APRNs or PAs may not be aware of the changes. The rules apply to prescriptions, delegation by physicians, practice sites, and review of charts. One of the big areas that can impact an APRN or PA is the requirement for [...]
The Texas Board of Physician Assistants has proposed new rules on information that a Physician Assistant is required to affirmatively report to the Board within 30 days. The proposed rule is:
New §185.27, relating to Duty to Report Certain Conduct to the Board, sets out requirements for physician assistants to report certain events to the PA [...]
Texas Medical Board staff met with the representatives of the Texas Nursing Board and the Department of Public Safety regarding prescriptive delegation for mid-level providers. They discussed the two methods that mid-level providers to prescribe scheduled drugs:
(1) The mid-level providers can obtain there own certification with the DEA and DPS. Their individual certification number must [...]