Tex. Occ. Code § 301.412 · Subchapter I. REPORTING VIOLATIONS AND PATIENT CARE CONCERNS
REPORTING IMMUNITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who in good faith makes a report required or authorized under this subchapter, or a person who advises a nurse of the nurse's right or obligation to report under this subchapter:
(1) is immune from civil and criminal liability that, in the absence of the immunity, might result from making the report or giving the advice; and
(2) may not be subjected to other retaliatory action as a result of making the report or giving the advice.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 877 (S.B. 192), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.301.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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