Section 204.202 - Scope of Practice(a) The practice of a physician assistant includes providing medical services delegated by a supervising physician that are within the education, training, and experience of the physician assistant.(b) Medical services provided by a physician assistant may include: (1) obtaining patient histories and performing physical examinations;(2) ordering or performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures;(3) formulating a working diagnosis;(4) developing and implementing a treatment plan;(5) monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions;(6) assisting at surgery;(7) offering counseling and education to meet patient needs;(8) requesting, receiving, and signing for the receipt of pharmaceutical sample prescription medications and distributing the samples to patients in a specific practice setting in which the physician assistant is authorized to prescribe pharmaceutical medications and sign prescription drug orders as provided by Section 157.0512 or 157.054;(9) prescribing or ordering a drug or device as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 157; and(10) making appropriate referrals.(c) The activities listed by Subsection (b) may be performed in any place authorized by a supervising physician, including a clinic, hospital, ambulatory surgical center, patient home, nursing home, or other institutional setting.(d) A physician assistant's signature attesting to the provision of a service the physician assistant is legally authorized to provide satisfies any documentation requirement for that service established by a state agency.(e) A physician assistant is the agent of the physician assistant's supervising physician for any medical services that are delegated by that physician and that:(1) are within the physician assistant's scope of practice; and(2) are delineated by protocols, practice guidelines, or practice directives established by the supervising physician.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 418,Sec. 13, eff. 11/1/2013.Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.054(a), eff. 9/1/2001.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 112, Sec. 3, eff. 5/11/2001 Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.