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Tex. Occ. Code § 159.0061

APPOINTMENT OF CUSTODIAN OF PHYSICIAN'S RECORDS

Known as the Medical Practice Act

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

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 984, Sec. 6, eff

(a) The board by rule shall establish conditions under which the board may temporarily or permanently appoint a person as a custodian of a physician's billing or medical records. In adopting rules under this section, the board shall consider the death of a physician, the mental or physical incapacitation of a physician, and the abandonment of billing or medical records by a physician.

(b) The rules adopted under this section must provide for:

(1) the release of the billing or medical records by an appointed custodian in compliance with this chapter; and

(2) a fee charged by the appointed custodian that is in addition to the copying fee governed by Section 159.008.

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