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Tex. Occ. Code § 261.103

IMMUNITY FROM SUIT

Known as the Dental Practice Act

The act spans §§ 251–267 (231 sections).

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

A person is immune from civil liability if:

(1) the person reports or furnishes information to a dental peer review committee or the board in good faith;

(2) the person:

(A) is a member, employee, or agent of the board, of a dental peer review committee, or of a dental organization committee or a dental organization who takes an action or makes a recommendation within the scope of the functions of a peer review program; and

(B) acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that the action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to the person; or

(3) the person, including a health care entity or dental peer review committee, without malice participates in a dental peer review activity or furnishes a record, information, or assistance to a dental peer review committee or the board.

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