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Texas Occupations Code - Section 206.155. License Holder Access To Complaint Information

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§ 206.155. LICENSE HOLDER ACCESS TO COMPLAINT 
INFORMATION.  (a) The medical board shall provide a license holder 
who is the subject of a formal complaint filed under this chapter 
with access to all information in its possession that the medical 
board intends to offer into evidence in presenting its case in chief 
at the contested hearing on the complaint, subject to any other 
privilege or restriction established by rule, statute, or legal 
precedent.  The medical board shall provide the information not 
later than the 30th day after receipt of a written request from the 
license holder or the license holder's counsel, unless good cause 
is shown for delay. 
	(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the medical board is 
not required to provide:
		(1)  medical board investigative reports;                                     
		(2)  investigative memoranda;                                                 
		(3)  the identity of a nontestifying complainant;                             
		(4)  attorney-client communications;                                          
		(5)  attorney work product;  or                                               
		(6)  other material covered by a privilege recognized 
by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or the Texas Rules of 
Evidence.
	(c)  The provision of information does not constitute a 
waiver of privilege or confidentiality under this chapter or other 
law.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.          

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