Sec. 4201.455. PERSONNEL. (a) Personnel who are employed by or under contract with a specialty utilization review agent to perform utilization review must be appropriately trained and qualified.
(b) Personnel who obtain oral or written information directly from a physician or other health care provider must be a nurse, physician assistant, or other health care provider of the same specialty as the agent and who are licensed or otherwise authorized to provide the specialty health care service by a state licensing agency in the United States.
(c) This section does not require personnel who perform only clerical or administrative tasks to have the qualifications prescribed by this section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 4, eff. April 1, 2007.
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