Texas Occupations Code - Section 154.006. Physician Profiles
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§ 154.006. PHYSICIAN PROFILES. (a) The board shall
create a profile of each physician licensed under this subtitle.
The profile must:
(1) include the information required by Subsection
(b); and
(2) be compiled in a format that makes the information
contained in the profile easily available to the public.
(b) A profile must contain the following information on each
physician:
(1) the name of each medical school attended and the
dates of:
(A) graduation; or
(B) Fifth Pathway designation and completion of
the Fifth Pathway Program;
(2) a description of all graduate medical education in
the United States or Canada;
(3) any specialty certification held by the physician
and issued by a medical licensing board that is a member of the
American Board of Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic
Specialists;
(4) the number of years the physician has actively
practiced medicine in:
(A) the United States or Canada; and
(B) this state;
(5) the name of each hospital in this state in which
the physician has privileges;
(6) the physician's primary practice location;
(7) the type of language translating services,
including translating services for a person with impairment of
hearing, that the physician provides at the physician's primary
practice location;
(8) whether the physician participates in the Medicaid
program;
(9) a description of any conviction for a felony, a
Class A or Class B misdemeanor, or a Class C misdemeanor involving
moral turpitude;
(10) a description of any charges reported to the
board to which the physician has pleaded no contest, for which the
physician is the subject of deferred adjudication or pretrial
diversion, or in which sufficient facts of guilt were found and the
matter was continued by a court;
(11) a description of any disciplinary action against
the physician by the board;
(12) a description of any disciplinary action against
the physician by a medical licensing board of another state;
(13) a description of the final resolution taken by
the board on medical malpractice claims or complaints required to
be opened by the board under Section 164.201;
(14) whether the physician's patient service areas are
accessible to disabled persons, as defined by federal law;
(15) a description of any formal complaint against the
physician initiated and filed under Section 164.005 and the status
of the complaint; and
(16) a description of any medical malpractice claim
against the physician, not including a description of any offers by
the physician to settle the claim, for which the physician was found
liable, a jury awarded monetary damages to the claimant, and the
award has been determined to be final and not subject to further
appeal.
(c) Information required to be included under Subsection
(b) that is not maintained by the board in the ordinary course of
the board's duties shall be obtained from a physician at the time
the physician renews the physician's license. In requesting
information from the physician, the board shall:
(1) inform the physician that compliance with the
request for information is mandatory;
(2) inform the physician of the date the information
will be made available to the public; and
(3) instruct the physician about the requirements
under Subsection (f) for the physician to obtain a copy of the
physician's profile to make corrections.
(d) This section does not:
(1) prevent the board from providing explanatory
information regarding the significance of categories in which
malpractice settlements are reported; or
(2) require the board to disclose confidential
settlement information.
(e) A pending malpractice claim or complaint, other than a
claim disclosed under Subsection (b)(13), may not be disclosed to
the public by the board. This subsection does not prevent the board
from investigating and disciplining a physician on the basis of a
pending medical malpractice claim or complaint.
(f) The board shall provide a physician with a copy of the
physician's profile if the physician requests a copy at the time the
physician renews the physician's license. If a copy is requested by
a physician, the board shall provide the physician one month from
the date the copy is provided to the physician to correct factual
errors in the physician's profile.
(g) The board shall update the information contained in a
physician's profile annually, except that information provided
under Subsection (i) shall be updated not later than the 10th
working day after the date the formal complaint is filed or the
board's order is issued. The board shall adopt a form that allows a
physician to update information contained in a physician's profile.
The form shall be made available on the Internet and in other
formats as prescribed by board rule. The board may adopt rules
concerning the type and content of additional information that may
be included in a physician's profile.
(h) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement
this section.
(i) In addition to the information required by Subsection
(b), a profile must contain the text of a formal complaint filed
under Section 164.005 against the physician or of a board order
related to the formal complaint.
(j) Information included in a physician's profile under
Subsections (b) and (i) may not include any patient identifying
information.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 14.026(a), eff. Sept.
1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 202, § 7, eff. June
10, 2003.
Section: 153.057 153.058 154.001 154.002 154.003 154.004 154.005 154.006 154.051 154.052 154.053 154.054 154.055 154.056 154.0561
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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