22 TAC §200.1, §200.2
The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners adopts an amendment
to §200.1 and §200.2, concerning Integrative and Complementary Medicine,
without changes to the proposed text as published in the February 28, 2003,
issue of the
Texas Register
(28 TexReg 1799)
and will not be republished.
The amendments are necessary for general cleanup of the chapter, including
detailed requirements regarding informed consent, treatment plan, adequate
medical records, therapeutic validity, and clinical investigations. The chapter
title has changed to Standards for Physicians Practicing Complementary and
Alternative Medicine.
An amendment to §200.3 was previously proposed for comment in the
February 28, 2003 issue of the
Texas Register
(28
TexReg 1799). The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners contemporaneously
withdraws and re-proposes the amendment to §200.3. The amendment is proposed
elsewhere in this issue of the
Texas Register
.
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Texas Register
, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners adopts the rule review
of Chapter 200.
No comments were received regarding adoption of the rules.
The amendments are adopted under the authority of the Occupations
Code Annotated, §153.001, which provides the Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners to adopt rules and bylaws as necessary to: govern its own proceedings;
perform its duties; regulate the practice of medicine in this state; and enforce
this subtitle.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on April 14, 2003.
TRD-200302403
Donald W. Patrick, MD, JD
Executive Director
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
Effective date: May 4, 2003
Proposal publication date: February 28, 2003
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7016