Tex. Health & Safety Code § 532A.002 · Chapter 532A. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner shall appoint a medical director.
(b) To be qualified for appointment as the medical director under this section, a person must:
(1) be a physician licensed to practice in this state; and
(2) have proven administrative experience and ability in comprehensive health care or human service operations.
(c) The medical director reports to the commissioner and is responsible for the following duties under this title:
(1) oversight of the quality and appropriateness of clinical services delivered in state supported living centers or under contract to the department in relation to intellectual disability services; and
(2) leadership in physician recruitment and retention and peer review.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1334, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.532A.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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