Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD
Chapter 185 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Section 185.1 - Purpose
Universal Citation: 22 TX Admin Code ยง 185.1
Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
(a) These rules are promulgated under the authority of the Medical Practice Act, Title 3, Subtitle B, Texas Occupations Code and the Physician Assistant Licensing Act, Chapter 204, Texas Occupations Code, to establish procedures and standards for the training, education, licensing, and discipline of persons performing as a physician assistant in this State so as to establish an orderly system of regulating the practice of a physician assistant in a manner that protects the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
(b) The functions of the physician assistant board include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Establish standards for the practice of a
physician assistant.
(2) Regulate
the practice of a physician assistant through the licensure and discipline of
physician assistants.
(3) Interpret
the Physician Assistant Licensing Act and the physician assistant board Rules
to ensure that physician assistants, other allied health professionals, and
consumers are properly informed.
(4) Receive complaints and investigate
possible violations of the Physician Assistant Licensing Act and the physician
assistant board Rules.
(5)
Discipline violators through appropriate legal action to enforce the Physician
Assistant Licensing Act and the physician assistant board Rules.
(6) Provide a mechanism for public comment
with regard to the Physician Assistant Licensing Act and the physician
assistant board Rules.
(7) Review
and modify the physician assistant board Rules when necessary and
appropriate.
(8) Examine and
license qualified applicants to practice as a physician assistant in Texas in a
manner that ensures that applicable standards are maintained.
(9) Provide recommendations to the
legislature concerning appropriate changes to the Physician Assistant Licensing
Act to ensure that the acts are current and applicable to changing needs and
practices.
(10) Provide public
information on licensees.
(11)
Maintain data concerning the practice of a physician assistant.
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