{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-206.254","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 206.254","heading":"ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AND STANDARDS.","body":"A surgical assistant and the surgical assistant's delegating physician shall ensure that:\n(1) the surgical assistant's scope of function is identified;\n(2) the delegation of medical tasks is appropriate to the surgical assistant's level of competence;\n(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\n(4) a process is established for evaluating the surgical assistant's performance.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 206. SURGICAL ASSISTANTS","SUBCHAPTER F. SCOPE OF PRACTICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.206.htm#206.254","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"af96ca62fad10e3f00dd6e70e2ed3bbf7d96685d83bf6197c71719588c00c2b9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-206.253","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-206.301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}