Tex. Health & Safety Code § 281.0281 · Subchapter B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a district created in a county with a population of more than 1.2 million that was not included in the boundaries of a hospital district before September 1, 2003.
(b) The board, as it considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district, may employ:
(1) physicians as provided in this section and Sections 162.001(c-4) and (c-5), Occupations Code; and
(2) dentists or other health care providers.
(c) The board may employ a licensed physician as a medical director if the physician:
(1) provides only policy, administrative, and managerial services; and
(2) does not provide direct patient care or otherwise practice medicine, as defined by Section 151.002, Occupations Code, at or for the district.
(d) This section does not authorize the board to supervise or control the practice of medicine or permit the unauthorized practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 164 (S.B. 1107), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 74, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.281.htm
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