Tex. Occ. Code § 206.159 · Subchapter D. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION; COMPLAINT AND INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION
IMMUNITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A medical peer review committee in this state, a quality assurance committee in this state, a surgical assistant, a surgical assistant student, a physician practicing medicine in this state, or any person usually present in an operating room, including a nurse or surgical technologist, shall report relevant information to the advisory committee related to the acts of a surgical assistant in this state if, in that person's opinion, a surgical assistant poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through the person's practice as a surgical assistant. The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.
(b) A person who, without malice, furnishes records, information, or assistance to the advisory committee under this section is immune from any civil liability arising from that action in a suit against the person brought by or on behalf of a surgical assistant who is reported under this section.
(c) Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014 apply to medical peer review regarding a licensed surgical assistant.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.002REPORT OF MEDICAL PEER REVIEW.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.003REPORT BY CERTAIN PRACTITIONERS.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.006BOARD CONFIDENTIALITY.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.007CONFIDENTIALITY RELATING TO MEDICAL PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.009COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.013EXPUNGEMENT OF REPORT MADE IN BAD FAITH.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014
- Tex. Occ. Code § 160.014ACTION BY HEALTH CARE ENTITY NOT PRECLUDED.Printed as Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014
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