Sec. 408.029. NURSE FIRST ASSISTANT SERVICES. An insurance carrier may not refuse to reimburse a health care practitioner solely because that practitioner is a nurse first assistant, as defined by Section 301.1525, Occupations Code, for a covered service that a physician providing health care services under this subtitle has requested the nurse first assistant to perform.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 812, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Workers' Compensation
Subtitle A - Texas Workers' Compensation Act
Chapter 408 - Workers' Compensation Benefits
Subchapter B. Medical Benefits
Section 408.021. Entitlement to Medical Benefits
Section 408.022. Selection of Doctor
Section 408.0221. Request for Description of Employment
Section 408.023. List of Approved Doctors; Duties of Treating Doctors
Section 408.024. Noncompliance With Selection Requirements
Section 408.025. Reports and Records Required From Health Care Providers
Section 408.0251. Electronic Billing Requirements
Section 408.0252. Underserved Areas
Section 408.026. Spinal Surgery
Section 408.027. Payment of Health Care Provider
Section 408.0271. Reimbursement by Health Care Provider
Section 408.0272. Certain Exceptions for Untimely Submission of Claim
Section 408.028. Pharmaceutical Services
Section 408.0281. Reimbursement for Pharmaceutical Services; Administrative Violation
Section 408.0282. Requirements for Certain Informal or Voluntary Networks