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Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 162 Regulation Of Practice Of MedicineLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Occupations Code > Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 162 Regulation Of Practice Of Medicine (a) The board by rule shall certify a health organization that: (1) applies for certification on a form approved by the board; and (2) presents ... A physician who provides professional medical services for a health organization certified under Section 162.001(c) shall provide those services free of charge, or at a ... On a determination that a health organization is established, organized, or operated in violation of or with the intent to violate this subtitle, the board: ... (a) Except as provided by Section 165.155, a physician and an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may, for a purpose described by Subsection (b), organize, jointly ... (a) In this section, "niche hospital" has the meaning assigned by Section 105.002. (b) A physician shall notify the Department of State Health Services of ... In this subchapter, "outpatient setting" means a facility, clinic, center, office, or other setting that is not part of a licensed hospital or a licensed ... (a) The board by rule shall establish the minimum standards for anesthesia services provided in an outpatient setting by a person licensed by the board. ... Rules adopted by the board under this subchapter do not apply to: (1) an outpatient setting in which only local anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks, or ... (a) The board shall require each physician who administers anesthesia or performs a surgical procedure for which anesthesia services are provided in an outpatient setting ... (a) A physician who practices medicine in this state and who administers anesthesia or performs a surgical procedure for which anesthesia services are provided in ... (a) The board may conduct inspections to enforce this subchapter, including inspections of an office site and of documents of a physician's practice that relate ... (a) The board may consider a request by a physician for an on-site inspection. The board, on payment of a fee established by the board, ... In this subchapter: (1) "Core credentials data" means: (A) name and other demographic data; (B) professional education; (C) professional training; (D) licenses; and (E) Educational ... Each provision of this subchapter that applies to a health care entity also applies to an association that represents federally qualified health centers. For purposes ... (a) The board shall develop standardized forms and guidelines for and administer: (1) the collection, verification, correction, updating, modification, maintenance, and storage of information relating ... Not later than the 15th business day after the date the board receives a request for the data, the board shall make available to a ... (a) Before releasing a physician's core credentials data from its data bank for the first time, the board shall provide to the affected physician 15 ... (a) A health care entity may not collect or attempt to collect duplicate core credentials data from a physician if the information is already on ... A health care entity or its designated credentials verification organization is immune from liability arising from its reliance on data furnished by the board under ... The board shall adopt rules as necessary to develop and implement the standardized credentials verification program established by this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th ... The information collected, maintained, or stored by the board under this subchapter is privileged and confidential and not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means ... 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 ... (a) The board shall prescribe and assess fees in amounts necessary to cover its cost of operating under and administering this subchapter. (b) The board ... In addition to any fees paid to the board or money appropriated to the board, the board may receive and accept a gift, grant, donation, ... A private nonprofit medical school that is certified under Section 162.203, that is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and that was appropriated ... (a) A private medical school subject to this subchapter shall establish a committee consisting of at least five actively practicing physicians who provide care in ... (a) A private school that retains a physician's professional income under Section 162.201 must be certified by the board as being in compliance with this ... A private medical school certified under Section 162.203 shall provide to the board a biennial report certifying that the school is in compliance with this ... If the board determines at any time that a private medical school certified under Section 162.203 has failed to comply with this subchapter, the board ... A private medical school's authority to retain a physician's professional income does not apply to a physician providing care in a facility owned or operated ... This subchapter does not: (1) affect the reporting requirements under Section 160.003; or (2) apply to a private medical school certified under this subchapter if ... Texas Lawyers
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