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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.031

MEDICAL COMMITTEE DEFINED

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Memorial Hospital-The Woodlands v. McCown (1996)

Most recently applied in in Re Memorial Hermann Hospital System Memorial Hermann Physician Network Michael MacRis, M.D. Michael MacRis, M.D., P.A. And Keith Alexander (May 2015)

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) In this subchapter, "medical committee" includes any committee, including a joint committee, of:

(1) a hospital;

(2) a medical organization;

(3) a university medical school or health science center;

(4) a health maintenance organization licensed under Chapter 843, Insurance Code, including an independent practice association or other physician association whose committee or joint committee is a condition of contract with the health maintenance organization;

(5) an extended care facility;

(6) a hospital district; or

(7) a hospital authority.

(b) The term includes a committee appointed ad hoc to conduct a specific investigation or established under state or federal law or rule or under the bylaws or rules of the organization or institution.

(c) The term includes a committee, including a joint committee, of one or more health care systems if each health care system includes one or more of the entities listed in Subsection (a).

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.