Tex. Occ. Code Section 157.060
Physician Liability for Delegated Act

Unless the physician has reason to believe the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse lacked the competency to perform the act, a physician is not liable for an act of a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse solely because the physician signed a standing medical order, a standing delegation order, or another order or protocol, or entered into a prescriptive authority agreement, authorizing the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to administer, provide, prescribe, or order a drug or device.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (S.B. 406), Sec. 9, eff. November 1, 2013.

Source: Section 157.060 — Physician Liability for Delegated Act, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­157.­htm#157.­060 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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