Tex. Health & Safety Code § 311.081 · Subchapter F. EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS BY CERTAIN HOSPITALS
APPLICABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter applies only to a hospital that employs or seeks to employ a physician and that:
(1) is designated as a critical access hospital under the authority of and in compliance with 42 U.S.C. Section 1395i-4;
(2) is a sole community hospital, as that term is defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1395ww(d)(5)(D)(iii); or
(3) is located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less.
(b) This subchapter may not be construed as authorizing the governing body of a hospital to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as prohibited under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
(c) This subchapter applies to medical services provided by a physician at the hospital and other health care facilities owned or operated by the hospital.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 55 (S.B. 894), Sec. 1, eff. May 12, 2011.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Section 311.061 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 22.001(27), eff. September 1, 2013.
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