Tex. Occ. Code § 160.003 · Subchapter A. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL PEER REVIEW
REPORT BY CERTAIN PRACTITIONERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies to:
(1) a medical peer review committee in this state;
(2) a physician licensed in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing medicine in this state;
(3) a physician engaged in graduate medical education or training;
(4) a medical student;
(5) a physician assistant or acupuncturist licensed in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing in this state; and
(6) a physician assistant student or acupuncturist student.
(b) A person or committee subject to this section shall report relevant information to the board relating to the acts of a physician in this state if, in the opinion of the person or committee, that physician poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through the practice of medicine.
(c) The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.160.htm
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 160.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.012DISCIPLINE OR DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.Printed as Section 160.002, 160.003, or 160.004
- Tex. Occ. Code § 162.207APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.Printed as Section 160.003
- Tex. Occ. Code § 204.208DUTY TO REPORT; MEDICAL PEER REVIEW.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
- Tex. Occ. Code § 205.304PROFESSIONAL REVIEW ACTION.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
- Tex. Occ. Code § 206.159IMMUNITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014
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