The board may contract with an independent contractor to collect, verify, maintain, store, or release information. The contract must provide for board oversight and for the confidentiality of the information. If the board contracts with an independent entity that is not a governmental unit to carry out this subchapter, the independent entity is not immune from liability.
Tex. Occ. Code § 162.160
USE OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
Known as the Medical Practice Act
The act spans §§ 151–172 (375 sections).
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.033(a), 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.