Tex. Occupations Code § 160.003
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 160.003, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 160.003. REPORT BY CERTAIN PRACTITIONERS.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies to:
(1) a medical peer review committee in this state;
(2) a physician licensed in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing medicine in this state;
(3) a physician engaged in graduate medical education or training;
(4) a medical student;
(5) a physician assistant or acupuncturist licensed in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing in this state; and
(6) a physician assistant student or acupuncturist student.
(b) A person or committee subject to this section shall report relevant information to the board relating to the acts of a physician in this state if, in the opinion of the person or committee, that physician poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through the practice of medicine.
(c) The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.
(1) a medical peer review committee in this state;
(2) a physician licensed in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing medicine in this state;
(3) a physician engaged in graduate medical education or training;
(4) a medical student;
(5) a physician assistant or acupuncturist licensed in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing in this state; and
(6) a physician assistant student or acupuncturist student.
(b) A person or committee subject to this section shall report relevant information to the board relating to the acts of a physician in this state if, in the opinion of the person or committee, that physician poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through the practice of medicine.
(c) The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.
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