This chapter does not:
- (1) limit the employment arrangement of a surgical assistant licensed under this chapter;
- (2) require a surgeon or hospital to contract with a surgical assistant;
- (3) authorize a health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, or health benefit plan to require a surgeon to contract with a surgical assistant; or
- (4) require a hospital to use a licensed surgical assistant for surgical assisting.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.