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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.0581

PROVIDERS EXEMPT FROM FEES

Known as the Emergency Health Care Act

The act spans §§ 773–773 (116 sections).

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 260, eff

(a) An emergency medical services provider is exempt from the payment of fees under this subchapter if the provider uses emergency medical services volunteers exclusively to provide emergency prehospital care. However, an emergency medical services provider is not disqualified from the exemption if the provider compensates physicians who provide medical supervision and not more than five full-time staff or their equivalent.

(b) This chapter does not prohibit an emergency medical services provider who uses volunteer emergency medical services personnel but has more than five paid staff from using the word "volunteer" in advertising if the organization is composed of at least 75 percent volunteer personnel.

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