Tex. Occ. Code § 303.007 · Chapter 303. NURSING PEER REVIEW
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A nursing peer review committee on request shall disclose written or oral communications made to the committee and the records and proceedings of the committee to:
(1) a licensing authority of any state; or
(2) a law enforcement agency investigating a criminal matter.
(b) A nursing peer review committee may disclose written or oral communications made to the committee and the records and proceedings of the committee to:
(1) a licensing agency of any state;
(2) a law enforcement agency investigating a criminal matter;
(3) the association, school, agency, facility, or other organization under whose authority the committee is established;
(4) another nursing peer review committee;
(5) a peer assistance program approved by the board under Chapter 467, Health and Safety Code;
(6) an appropriate state or federal agency or accrediting organization that accredits a health care facility or school of nursing or surveys a facility for quality of care; or
(7) a person engaged in bona fide research, if all information that identifies a specific individual is deleted.
(c) If a committee discloses information under this section, the committee does not by that action waive the privilege of nondisclosure of committee information and proceedings.
(d) A peer review committee that discloses information under this section and each person who receives the information shall protect, to the extent possible, the identity of each patient.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.303.htm
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