To be eligible to act as a preceptor to a student physician assistant, a physician must:

1. (1) hold a current, active, and unrestricted Texas Medical License;
2. (2) retain professional and legal responsibility for the care rendered by the student physician assistant; and
3. (3) hold a valid written agreement with an accredited physician assistant program to supervise its students, if the supervision is to occur at a site other than that of the program itself. A copy of the agreement must be available for inspection by the board upon request.

Source Note:The provisions of this §186.1 adopted to be effective April 3, 1985, 10 TexReg 933; amended to be effective November 19, 2000, 25 TexReg 11283.