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Tex. Occ. Code § 160.002

REPORT OF MEDICAL PEER REVIEW

Known as the Medical Practice Act

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

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

(a) A medical peer review committee or health care entity shall report in writing to the board the results and circumstances of a medical peer review that:

(1) adversely affects the clinical privileges of a physician for a period longer than 14 days;

(2) accepts a physician's surrender of clinical privileges either:

(A) while the physician is under an investigation by the medical peer review committee relating to possible incompetence or improper professional conduct; or

(B) in return for not conducting an investigation or proceeding relating to possible incompetence or improper professional conduct; or

(3) adversely affects the membership of a physician in a professional society or association, if the medical peer review is conducted by that society or association.

(b) The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.

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