22 Tex. Admin. Code § 78.3 - General Delegation of Responsibility
(a)
"Qualified individual" means an unlicensed individual with adequate education,
training, and skill to perform an act.
(b) A licensee may not delegate
responsibility to render a diagnosis, prescribe a treatment plan, or perform
adjustments or manipulations under this section.
(c) A licensee may delegate responsibility to
a qualified individual to perform acts within the scope of practice, including:
(1) taking a medical history;
(2) taking or recording vital
signs;
(3) taking or recording
range of motion measurements;
(4)
performing physical treatments or modalities;
(5) demonstrating exercises or
stretches;
(6) demonstrating the
use of supports and devices; or
(7)
performing radiological procedures.
(d) A licensee shall document that an
individual is qualified to perform an act.
(e) A licensee may not allow an individual
whose chiropractic license has expired or been suspended or revoked in any
jurisdiction to treat a patient in any manner, including acts in subsection (c)
of this section.
(f) A licensee
shall determine a reasonable number of qualified individuals a licensee can
safely supervise.
(g) A licensee
shall be physically present or on-call when any qualified individual performs
an act in subsection (c) of this section unless another licensee is physically
present at the place of business or on-call.
(h) "On-call" means a licensee must be
available for voice consultation within 15 minutes.
(i) A licensee shall differentiate on a
patient's records between acts performed by the licensee and acts performed by
a qualified individual.
(j) A
licensee who violates this section is subject to disciplinary action.
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