This chapter applies only if the medical and dental unit or supported medical or dental school agrees, either directly or through a coordinating entity, to provide or cause to be provided medical, dental, or other patient care or services or to perform or cause to be performed medical, dental, or clinical education, training, or research activities in a coordinated or cooperative manner in a public or nonprofit hospital.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 312.003
AGREEMENT REQUIRED
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Franka v. Velasquez (2011)
Most recently applied in Methodist Hospitals of Dallas v. Miller (July 2012)
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.