Tex. Gov't Code § 774.001 · Chapter 774. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN REGULATORY AGENCIES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Health care provider" means a person who has been issued a license by a health care regulatory agency.
(2) "Health care regulatory agency" means a regulatory agency that:
(A) appoints a member of the Health Professions Council; or
(B) is supervised by the health licensing division of the Texas Department of Health.
(3) "License" includes a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authorization, required by law or state agency rule, that a person must obtain to practice or engage in a particular business or occupation.
(4) "Regulatory agency" means an agency, including a department, commission, board, or office, that:
(A) is created by the constitution or by statute;
(B) is in the executive branch of state government;
(C) has statewide authority; and
(D) has authority to deny, grant, renew, revoke, or suspend a license.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.774.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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