Tex. Occ. Code § 204.208 · Subchapter E. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
DUTY TO REPORT; MEDICAL PEER REVIEW.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A medical peer review committee in this state, physician assistant, physician assistant student, or physician lawfully practicing medicine in this state shall report relevant information to the physician assistant board related to the acts of a physician assistant in this state if, in the person's opinion, a physician assistant poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through practice as a physician assistant. The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.
(b) Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015 apply to medical peer review relating to the practice of a physician assistant.
(c) A person, including a health care entity or medical peer review committee, that without malice furnishes records, information, or assistance to the physician assistant board is immune from any civil liability arising from that act.
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. 1420, Sec. 14.055, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.002REPORT OF 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 § 160.003REPORT BY CERTAIN PRACTITIONERS.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.006BOARD CONFIDENTIALITY.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.007CONFIDENTIALITY RELATING TO MEDICAL PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.009COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.013EXPUNGEMENT OF REPORT MADE IN BAD FAITH.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.014ACTION BY HEALTH CARE ENTITY NOT PRECLUDED.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.015IMMUNITY OF HOSPITAL DISTRICT OR HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007(d), 160.009, 160.013, 160.014, and 160.015
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