16 Tex. Admin. Code § 116.141 - Provider of Nutrition Services
(a) A
person licensed by the department is designated as a health care provider of
nutrition services.
(b) A licensed
dietitian, acting within the scope of the dietitian's license and consistent
with medical direction or authorization as provided in this section, may
accept, transcribe into a patient's medical record or transmit verbal or
electronically-transmitted orders, including medication orders, from a
physician to other authorized health care professionals relating to the
implementation or provision of medical nutrition therapy and related medical
protocols for an individual patient or group of patients.
(1) In a licensed health facility, the
medical direction or authorization shall be provided, as appropriate, through a
physician's order, or a standing medical order, or standing delegation order,
or medical protocol issued in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
157, Subchapter A, and rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board implementing
the subchapter.
(2) In a private
practice setting, the medical direction or authorization shall be provided, as
appropriate, through the physician's order, standing medical order, or standing
delegation order of a referring physician, in accordance with Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 157, Subchapter A, and rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board
implementing the subchapter.
(c) A licensed dietitian, acting within the
scope of the dietitian's license and consistent with medical direction or
authorization as provided in this section, may order medical laboratory tests
relating to the implementation or provision of medical nutrition therapy and
related medical protocols for individual patients or groups of patients.
(1) In a licensed health facility, the
medical direction or authorization shall be provided, as appropriate, through a
physician's order, or a standing medical order, or standing delegation order,
or medical protocol, issued in accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter
157, Subchapter A, and rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board implementing
the subchapter.
(2) In a private
practice setting, the medical direction or authorization shall be provided
through the physician's order, standing medical order, or a standing delegation
order of the referring physician, in accordance with Texas Occupations Code,
Chapter 157, Subchapter A, and rules adopted by the Texas Medical Board
implementing the subchapter.
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