The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 11101 et seq.) applies to a professional review action or medical peer review conducted by a professional review body or medical peer review committee in this state on or after September 1, 1987.
Tex. Occ. Code § 160.001
APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW
Known as the Medical Practice Act
The act spans §§ 151–172 (375 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Martinez v. Abbott Laboratories and Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (2004)
Most recently applied in Martinez v. Abbott Laboratories and Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (August 2004)
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.