Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 151 - General Provisions

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 151.001 - Short Title
  This subtitle may be cited as the Medical Practice Act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
• Texas Section 151.002 - Definitions
  (a) In this subtitle: (1) "Board" means the Texas Medical Board. (2) "Continuing threat to the public welfare" means a real danger to the health...
• Texas Section 151.003 - Legislative Findings
  The legislature finds that: (1) the practice of medicine is a privilege and not a natural right of individuals and as a matter of public...
• Texas Section 151.004 - Application Of Sunset Act
  The Texas Medical Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board...

SUBCHAPTER B APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBTITLE

• Texas Section 151.005 - Governmental Discrimination Prohibited
  (a) A program supported in whole or in part by the state or by a political subdivision of the state may not discriminate against a...
• Texas Section 151.051 - Discrimination Based On Type Of Academic Medical Degree Or Certain Religious Tenets Prohibited
  (a) A hospital, institution, or program that is licensed by the state, is operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, or...
• Texas Section 151.052 - Exemptions
  (a) This subtitle does not apply to: (1) a dentist, licensed under the laws of this state, engaged strictly in the practice of dentistry; (2)...
• Texas Section 151.053 - Application To Certain Persons Providing Nutritional Advice
  (a) This subtitle does not prohibit a person from giving advice regarding the use and role of food and food ingredients, including dietary supplements. (b)...
• Texas Section 151.054 - Application To Self-care
  (a) This subtitle does not prohibit: (1) a person from providing or seeking advice or information relating to that person's self-care; or (2) the dissemination...
• Texas Section 151.055 - Application To Certain Independent Contractor Agreements
  This subtitle does not prohibit a hospital from entering into an independent contractor agreement with a physician to provide services at the hospital or at...
• Texas Section 151.056 - Application To Telemedicine
  (a) A person who is physically located in another jurisdiction but who, through the use of any medium, including an electronic medium, performs an act...

Last modified: September 28, 2016