Court invalidates scope of practice rules

Regulations authored by the Texas Board of Marriage and Family Therapists to define its licensees’ scope of practice are invalid, the Court of Appeals of Texas held November 21. The court agreed with the Texas Medical Association that the rules impermissibly allowed therapists to engage in the practice of medicine (Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists v. Texas Medical Association).

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