Sec. 773.0496. SCOPE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC AND LICENSED PARAMEDIC DUTIES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Advanced life support" means health care provided to sustain life in an emergency, life-threatening situation. The term includes the initiation of intravenous therapy, endotracheal or esophageal intubation, electrical cardiac defibrillation or cardioversion, and drug therapy procedures.
(2) "Direct supervision" means supervision of an emergency medical technician-paramedic or licensed paramedic by a licensed physician who is present in the same area or an area adjacent to the area where an emergency medical technician-paramedic or licensed paramedic performs a procedure and who is immediately available to provide assistance and direction during the performance of the procedure.
(b) Notwithstanding other law, a person who is certified under this chapter as an emergency medical technician-paramedic or a licensed paramedic, is acting under the delegation and direct supervision of a licensed physician, and is authorized to provide advanced life support by a health care facility may in accordance with department rules provide advanced life support in the facility's emergency or urgent care clinical setting, including a hospital emergency room and a freestanding emergency medical care facility.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1054 (H.B. 2020), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1226 (S.B. 1899), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services
Subchapter C. Licenses, Certification, and Qualifications
Section 773.041. License or Certificate Required
Section 773.0415. Limitation on Information Required for Certificate Renewal
Section 773.042. Basic Life-Support Emergency Medical Services Provider Qualifications
Section 773.043. Advanced Life-Support Emergency Medical Services Provider Qualifications
Section 773.044. Mobile Intensive-Care Provider Qualifications
Section 773.045. Specialized Emergency Medical Services Provider Qualifications
Section 773.046. Emergency Care Attendant Qualifications
Section 773.047. Emergency Medical Technician Qualifications
Section 773.048. Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Qualifications
Section 773.049. Emergency Medical Technician--Paramedic Qualifications
Section 773.0495. Licensed Paramedic Qualifications
Section 773.0496. Scope of Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic and Licensed Paramedic Duties
Section 773.050. Minimum Standards
Section 773.0505. Rules Regarding Advertising or Competitive Bidding
Section 773.051. Municipal Regulation
Section 773.054. Applications for Personnel Certification and Training Program Approval
Section 773.055. Certification of Emergency Medical Services Personnel
Section 773.057. Emergency Medical Services Providers License
Section 773.0571. Requirements for Provider License
Section 773.05711. Additional Emergency Medical Services Provider License Requirements
Section 773.05712. Administrator of Record
Section 773.05713. Report to Legislature
Section 773.05715. Physical Location Required
Section 773.05716. Necessary Equipment
Section 773.0572. Provisional Licenses
Section 773.0573. Letter of Approval From Local Governmental Entity
Section 773.058. Volunteers Exempt From Fees
Section 773.0581. Providers Exempt From Fees
Section 773.059. Late Recertification
Section 773.060. Disposition of Funds
Section 773.0605. Complaints and Investigations
Section 773.061. Disciplinary Actions
Section 773.0612. Access to Records
Section 773.0613. Information Report to Department
Section 773.06141. Suspension, Revocation, or Denial of Emergency Medical Services Provider License
Section 773.0615. Factors Considered in Suspension, Revocation, or Denial of Certificate
Section 773.0616. Proceedings Governed by Administrative Procedure Act; Guidelines
Section 773.062. Emergency Suspension
Section 773.063. Civil Penalty
Section 773.064. Criminal Penalties
Section 773.065. Administrative Penalty
Section 773.066. Assessment of Administrative Penalty
Section 773.067. Payment of Administrative Penalty
Section 773.069. Recovery of Administrative Penalty by Attorney General