Tex. Health and Safety Code § 185.003
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 185.003, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 185.003. DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY LICENSING AUTHORITY.
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(a) The appropriate licensing authority shall take disciplinary action against a health care provider that violates this chapter as if the provider violated an applicable licensing law.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a health care provider that in good faith mails a hard copy of an itemized bill to a patient if:
(1) the mailed copy is returned as undeliverable or lost; or
(2) the address on file for the patient was not current at the time the itemized bill was mailed.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a health care provider that in good faith mails a hard copy of an itemized bill to a patient if:
(1) the mailed copy is returned as undeliverable or lost; or
(2) the address on file for the patient was not current at the time the itemized bill was mailed.
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