Tex. Ins. Code § 848.055 · Subchapter B. AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS
EXCEPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An organization is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under this chapter if the organization holds an appropriate certificate of authority issued under another chapter of this code.
(b) A person is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under this chapter to the extent that the person is:
(1) a physician engaged in the delivery of medical care; or
(2) a health care provider engaged in the delivery of health care services other than medical care as part of a health maintenance organization delivery network.
(c) A medical school, medical and dental unit, or health science center as described by Section 61.003, 61.501, or 74.601, Education Code, is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under this chapter to the extent that the medical school, medical and dental unit, or health science center contracts to deliver medical care services within a health care collaborative. This chapter is otherwise applicable to a medical school, medical and dental unit, or health science center.
(d) An entity licensed under the Health and Safety Code that employs a physician under a specific statutory authority is not required to obtain a certificate of authority under this chapter to the extent that the entity contracts to deliver medical care services and health care services within a health care collaborative. This chapter is otherwise applicable to the entity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.01, eff. September 28, 2011.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.848.htm
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