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Tex. Occ. Code § 151.055

APPLICATION TO CERTAIN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS

Known as the Medical Practice Act

The act spans §§ 151–172 (375 sections).

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff

This subtitle does not prohibit a hospital from entering into an independent contractor agreement with a physician to provide services at the hospital or at another health care facility owned or operated by the hospital and:

(1) paying the physician a minimum guaranteed amount to ensure the physician's availability;

(2) billing and collecting from patients the physician's professional fees; or

(3) retaining the collected professional fees up to the amount of the minimum guaranteed amount plus a reasonable collection fee.

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