Following an incident at a medical spa showcasing the dangers of the unlicensed practice of medicine in nontraditional medical settings, Texas has enacted a bill that will place the first set of regulatory requirements on elective intravenous (IV) therapy. Prescription and administration of elective IV therapy will be limited to particular healthcare professionals and solely when acting under the oversight of a physician in accordance with an executed prescriptive authority agreement. The heighted regulations are scheduled to take effect on Sept. 1, 2025, and they will ultimately set forth more stringent guidelines for provision and oversight of elective IV therapy when performed outside the bounds of a traditional medical setting, as well as add to the current regulations regarding physician oversight and prescriptive authority agreements.
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