{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-157.060","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 157.060","heading":"PHYSICIAN LIABILITY FOR DELEGATED ACT.","body":"Unless the physician has reason to believe the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse lacked the competency to perform the act, a physician is not liable for an act of a physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse solely because the physician signed a standing medical order, a standing delegation order, or another order or protocol, or entered into a prescriptive authority agreement, authorizing the physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse to administer, provide, prescribe, or order a drug or device.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (S.B. 406), Sec. 9, eff. November 1, 2013.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 157. AUTHORITY OF PHYSICIAN TO DELEGATE CERTAIN MEDICAL ACTS","SUBCHAPTER B. DELEGATION TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.157.htm#157.060","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"21a105b5eb2bac29a6605408991bc6a002ae2ed3489ff2a16c352609484f6522","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-157.059","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-157.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}