Tex. Occ. Code § 159.001 · Chapter 159. PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION
DEFINITIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Billing record" means a record that describes charges for services provided to a patient by a physician.
(2) "Medical record" does not include a billing record.
(3) "Patient" means a person who, to receive medical care, consults with or is seen by a physician.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 984, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.159.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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