TITLE 22.EXAMINING BOARDS

Part 9. TEXAS STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Chapter 200. STANDARDS FOR PHYSICIANS PRACTICING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

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