Sec. 204.207. ASSUMPTION OF PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY. (a) Each supervising physician retains legal responsibility for a physician assistant's patient care activities, including the provision of care and treatment to a patient in a health care facility.
(b) If a physician assistant is employed by an entity, including a health care facility, the entity shares the legal responsibility for the physician assistant's acts or omissions with the physician assistant's supervising physician.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Other Professions Performing Medical Procedures
Chapter 204 - Physician Assistants
Subchapter E. Practice by License Holder
Section 204.201. Notice of Intent to Practice
Section 204.202. Scope of Practice
Section 204.203. Identification Requirements
Section 204.204. Supervision Requirements
Section 204.2045. Volunteer Care and Services Performed During Disaster
Section 204.205. Requirements for Supervising Physician
Section 204.206. Establishment of Certain Functions and Standards
Section 204.207. Assumption of Professional Liability
Section 204.208. Duty to Report; Medical Peer Review
Section 204.209. Jointly Owned Entities With Physicians
Section 204.210. Protection for Refusal to Engage in Certain Conduct