{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-157.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 157.005","heading":"PERFORMANCE OF DELEGATED ACT NOT PRACTICING WITHOUT MEDICAL LICENSE.","body":"A person to whom a physician delegates the performance of a medical act is not considered to be practicing medicine without a license by performing the medical act unless the person acts with knowledge that the delegation and the action taken under the delegation is a violation of this subtitle.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 157. AUTHORITY OF PHYSICIAN TO DELEGATE CERTAIN MEDICAL ACTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.157.htm#157.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"d6ce8828185b52f7bdccbf41edaad3627b3bb92a56583caac5d7f70dd8f30805","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-157.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-157.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}