Tex. Occupations Code § 206.159
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 206.159, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 206.159. IMMUNITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A medical peer review committee in this state, a quality assurance committee in this state, a surgical assistant, a surgical assistant student, a physician practicing medicine in this state, or any person usually present in an operating room, including a nurse or surgical technologist, shall report relevant information to the advisory committee related to the acts of a surgical assistant in this state if, in that person's opinion, a surgical assistant poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through the person's practice as a surgical assistant. The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.
(b) A person who, without malice, furnishes records, information, or assistance to the advisory committee under this section is immune from any civil liability arising from that action in a suit against the person brought by or on behalf of a surgical assistant who is reported under this section.
(c) Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014 apply to medical peer review regarding a licensed surgical assistant.
(b) A person who, without malice, furnishes records, information, or assistance to the advisory committee under this section is immune from any civil liability arising from that action in a suit against the person brought by or on behalf of a surgical assistant who is reported under this section.
(c) Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014 apply to medical peer review regarding a licensed surgical assistant.
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