Tex. Occ. Code § 603.408 · Subchapter I. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
EMERGENCY SUSPENSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The medical board or a three-member panel of medical board members designated by the president of the medical board shall temporarily suspend the license of a license holder if the medical board or panel determines from the evidence or information presented to it that continued practice by the license holder would constitute a continuing and imminent threat to the public welfare.
(b) A license may be suspended under this section without notice or hearing on the complaint if:
(1) action is taken to initiate proceedings for a hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings simultaneously with the temporary suspension; and
(2) a hearing is held as soon as practicable under this chapter and Chapter 2001, Government Code.
(c) The State Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a preliminary hearing not later than the 14th day after the date of the temporary suspension to determine if there is probable cause to believe that a continuing and imminent threat to the public welfare still exists. A final hearing on the matter shall be held not later than the 61st day after the date of the temporary suspension.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 326, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 231 (S.B. 403), Sec. 54, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.137, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.603.htm
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