Opinion No.

Bruce A. Levy, M.D. Executive Director Texas State Board of Medical Examiners P.O. Box 2018 Austin, Texas 78768-2018

Re: Authority of the Board of Medical Examiners to regulate hyperbaric oxygen therapy (RQ-890)

Dear Dr. Levy:

You have asked this office a series of questions concerning the authority of the Board of Medical Examiners (the "board") to regulate hyperbaric oxygen therapy. As we understand it from the materials you have presented to us, hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves placing a patient, usually for a period of ninety minutes, in a chamber filled with 100% oxygen the atmospheric…