Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.004

This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 74.004, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.

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§ 74.004. EXCEPTION FROM CERTAIN LAWS.

Official statutory text

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, Sections 17.41-17.63, Business & Commerce Code, do not apply to physicians or health care providers with respect to claims for damages for personal injury or death resulting, or alleged to have resulted, from negligence on the part of any physician or health care provider.

(b) This section does not apply to pharmacists.

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