Tex. Occupations Code § 206.254: ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AND STANDARDS.

A surgical assistant and the surgical assistant's delegating physician shall ensure that:

(1) the surgical assistant's scope of function is identified;

(2) the delegation of medical tasks is appropriate to the surgical assistant's level of competence;

(3) the relationship between the surgical assistant and the delegating physician and the access of the surgical assistant to the delegating physician are defined; and

(4) a process is established for evaluating the surgical assistant's performance.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.