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Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 303 Nursing Peer ReviewLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Occupations Code > Texas Occupations Code - Chapter 303 Nursing Peer Review In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Board of Nurse Examiners. (2) "Nurse" means a registered nurse or a vocational nurse licensed under Chapter 301. ... (a) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, § 3.001. (b) The board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with each state agency ... (a) A nursing peer review committee must have nurses as three-fourths of its members. (b) A nursing peer review committee that conducts a peer review ... (a) A nurse who, as a temporary agency nurse, faculty member, or similar staff member, practices nursing for an educational institution, health care facility, agency, ... (a) In this section, "duty to a patient" means conduct required by standards of practice or professional conduct adopted by the board for nurses. The ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a nursing peer review committee proceeding is confidential and any communication made to a nursing peer review ... (a) A nursing peer review committee on request shall disclose written or oral communications made to the committee and the records and proceedings of the ... (a) If a nursing peer review committee makes an adverse finding against a nurse, the committee shall provide the nurse with a detailed description of ... (a) A nursing peer review committee, a person participating in peer review, or an organization named as a defendant in a civil action or subjected ... (a) A cause of action does not accrue for an act, statement, determination, or recommendation made, or act reported, without malice, in the course of ... In evaluating a nurse's conduct, the nursing peer review committee shall review the evidence to determine the extent to which a deficiency in care by ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |