{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-155.206","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 155.206","heading":"SUPERVISING PRACTICE AGREEMENT REQUIRED.","body":"(a) A physician graduate shall enter into a supervising practice agreement with a sponsoring physician.\n(b) A physician graduate who has not entered into a supervising practice agreement may not practice or attempt to practice medicine.\n(c) A physician graduate who enters into a supervising practice agreement may practice under the delegation and supervision of another physician if:\n(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\n(2) the other physician is:\n(A) part of the sponsoring physician's physician group or facility; and\n(B) certified in the same specialty as the sponsoring physician by a medical specialty member board of:\n(i) the American Board of Medical Specialties;\n(ii) the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;\n(iii) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or\n(iv) any other medical specialty member organization recognized by the board.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 2038), Sec. 3.001, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 155. LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE","SUBCHAPTER E. PHYSICIAN GRADUATES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.155.htm#155.206","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"3650ff9171172969602f375ac7b534c490ad0903fa87659ce9b2d6394ef584c1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-155.205","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-155.207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}