Tex. Occupations Code § 155.206: SUPERVISING PRACTICE AGREEMENT REQUIRED.

(a) A physician graduate shall enter into a supervising practice agreement with a sponsoring physician.

(b) A physician graduate who has not entered into a supervising practice agreement may not practice or attempt to practice medicine.

(c) A physician graduate who enters into a supervising practice agreement may practice under the delegation and supervision of another physician if:

(1) the sponsoring physician authorizes the practice of the physician graduate under the delegation and supervision of the other physician in a written document that identifies the other physician by name; and

(2) the other physician is:

(A) part of the sponsoring physician's physician group or facility; and

(B) certified in the same specialty as the sponsoring physician by a medical specialty member board of:

(i) the American Board of Medical Specialties;

(ii) the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;

(iii) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or

(iv) any other medical specialty member organization recognized by the board.

(d) The physician profile under Section 154.006 of a sponsoring physician or physician graduate must indicate in the manner prescribed by board rule that the sponsoring physician or physician graduate has entered into a supervising practice agreement.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 2038), Sec. 3.001, eff. September 1, 2025.