Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.203 · Subchapter H. EMERGENCY STROKE SERVICES
STROKE COMMITTEE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The advisory council shall appoint a stroke committee to assist the advisory council in the development of a statewide stroke emergency transport plan and stroke facility criteria.
(b) The stroke committee must include the following members:
(1) a licensed physician appointed from a list of physicians eligible for accreditation in vascular neurology from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, recommended by a statewide organization of neurologists;
(2) a licensed interventional neuroradiologist appointed from a list of neuroradiologists recommended by a statewide organization of radiologists;
(3) a neurosurgeon with stroke expertise;
(4) a member of the Texas Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke who has expertise in stroke care;
(5) a licensed physician appointed from a list of physicians recommended by a statewide organization of emergency physicians;
(6) a neuroscience registered nurse with stroke expertise; and
(7) a volunteer member of a nonprofit organization specializing in stroke treatment, prevention, and education.
(c) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the stroke committee.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 299 (S.B. 330), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
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