Tex. Occ. Code § 164.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
BOARD DISPOSITION OF COMPLAINTS, CONTESTED CASES, AND OTHER MATTERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless precluded by law, the board may dispose of any complaint or matter relating to this subtitle or of any contested case by a stipulation, agreed settlement, or consent order.
(b) The board shall dispose of a complaint, contested case, or other matter in writing. If appropriate, the affected physician shall sign the writing.
(c) An agreed disposition is a disciplinary order for purposes of reporting under this subtitle and of administrative hearings and proceedings by state and federal regulatory agencies regarding the practice of medicine. An agreed disposition or a remedial plan under Section 164.0015 is public information.
(d) In civil litigation, an agreed disposition or a remedial plan under Section 164.0015 is a settlement agreement under Rule 408, Texas Rules of Evidence. This subsection does not apply to a license holder who has previously entered into an agreed disposition with the board of a different disciplinary matter or whose license the board is seeking to revoke.
(e) The board may not dismiss a complaint solely on the grounds that the case has not been scheduled for an informal meeting within the time required by Section 164.003(b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 1.35, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 600 (S.B. 227), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1349 (H.B. 680), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2011.
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