MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS

(a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or profession problems and in promoting their common interest. (b) A person may not be a public member of the physician assistant board if the person or the person's spouse: (1) is registered, certified, or licensed by a regulatory agency in the field of health care; (2) is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the medical board or physician assistant board; (3) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the medical board or physician assistant board; or (4) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the medical board or physician assistant board other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for physician assistant board membership, attendance, or expenses. (c) A person may not be a member of the physician assistant board and may not be a medical board employee in a "bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity," as that phrase is used for purposes of establishing an exemption to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), if: (1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care; or (2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care. (d) A person may not be a member of the physician assistant board or act as the general counsel to the physician assistant board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the medical board or physician assistant board.