Sec. 206.252.  SERVICE CONTRACTS.  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.