Tex. Gov't Code § 487.601 · Subchapter N. RURAL PHYSICIAN RELIEF PROGRAM
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
(2) "Relief services" means the temporary coverage of a physician's practice by another physician for a predetermined time during the physician's absence and before the physician's return.
(3) "Rural" means:
(A) a community located in a county with a population not greater than 50,000;
(B) an area designated under state or federal law as:
(i) a health professional shortage area; or
(ii) a medically underserved area; or
(C) a medically underserved community designated by the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 75, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.487.htm
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