Texas Codes

Tex. Occ. Code § 157.060 (2026)

Physician Liability For Delegated Act

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Sec. 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.

SUBCHAPTER C. DELEGATION TO PHARMACISTS

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2018–2018 · leading case: Joseph Cotropia M.D. v. Texas Med. Bd. & in His Off. Capacity Only, Sherif Zaafran, President of the Texas Med. Bd. (Tex. App. 2018).

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