Section 206.254 - Establishment of Certain Functions and Standards A surgical assistant and the surgical assistant's delegating physician shall ensure that:
(1) the surgical assistant's scope of function is identified;(2) the delegation of medical tasks is appropriate to the surgical assistant's level of competence;(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(4) a process is established for evaluating the surgical assistant's performance.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001.