Tex. Occ. Code § 167.009 · Chapter 167. TEXAS PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAM
REFERRAL BY BOARD OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BOARD AS PREREQUISITE FOR ISSUING OR MAINTAINING A LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board or the physician assistant board, through an agreed order or after a contested proceeding, may make a referral to the program and require participation in the program by a specified physician or physician assistant as a prerequisite for issuing or maintaining a license under Chapter 155 or 204.
(b) The board or the physician assistant board may discipline a physician or physician assistant required to participate in the program under Subsection (a) who does not participate in the program.
(c) Each program participant is individually responsible for payment of the participant's own medical costs, including any required evaluations, primary treatment, and continuing care.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 292), Sec. 2(a), eff. September 1, 2009.
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