SECTION 162.2. Physician Supervision of a Student Physician Assistant

To be eligible to act as a preceptor to a student physician assistant, a physician must:

(1) hold a current, active, and unrestricted Texas Medical License;

(2) retain professional and legal responsibility for the care rendered by the student physician assistant; and,

(3) hold a valid written agreement with an accredited physician assistant program to supervise its students, if the supervision is to occur at a site other than that of the program itself. A copy of the agreement must be available for inspection by the board upon request.

Source Note: The provisions of this §162.2 adopted to be effective January 9, 2005, 29 TexReg 12187