Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 74.103 · Subchapter C. INFORMED CONSENT
DUTIES OF DISCLOSURE PANEL; LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To the extent feasible, the panel shall identify and make a thorough examination of all medical treatments and surgical procedures in which physicians and health care providers may be involved in order to determine which of those treatments and procedures do and do not require disclosure of the risks and hazards to the patient or person authorized to consent for the patient.
(b) The panel shall prepare separate lists of those medical treatments and surgical procedures that do and do not require disclosure and, for those treatments and procedures that do require disclosure, shall establish the degree of disclosure required and the form in which the disclosure will be made. Each provision of a disclosure form prepared under this subsection must be made available in English and Spanish.
(c) Lists prepared under Subsection (b) together with written explanations of the degree and form of disclosure shall be published in the Texas Register.
(d) At least annually, or at such other period the panel may determine from time to time, the panel will identify and examine any new medical treatments and surgical procedures that have been developed since its last determinations, shall assign them to the proper list, and shall establish the degree of disclosure required and the form in which the disclosure will be made. The panel will also examine such treatments and procedures for the purpose of revising lists previously published. These determinations shall be published in the Texas Register.
(e) The panel is not authorized to take any action that changes the scope of practice authority of any physician or health care provider.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 307 (S.B. 555), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 379 (H.B. 923), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 379 (H.B. 923), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.74.htm
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