Sec. 578.005.  PHYSICIAN REQUIREMENT.  (a)  Only a physician may administer electroconvulsive therapy.
(b)  A physician may not delegate the act of administering the therapy.  A nonphysician who administers electroconvulsive therapy is considered to be practicing medicine in violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. 
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 5.01, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.805, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.