Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 160 - Report And Confidentiality Requirements

SUBCHAPTER A REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL PEER REVIEW

• Texas Section 160.001 - Application Of Federal Law
  The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 11101 et seq.) applies to a professional review action or medical peer review conducted...
• Texas Section 160.002 - Report Of Medical Peer Review
  (a) A medical peer review committee or health care entity shall report in writing to the board the results and circumstances of a medical peer...
• Texas Section 160.003 - Report By Certain Practitioners
  (a) This section applies to: (1) a medical peer review committee in this state; (2) a physician licensed in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing...
• Texas Section 160.004 - Report Regarding Certain Impaired Physicians
  (a) This section applies to: (1) a committee of a professional medical society or association operating under written bylaws approved by the policymaking body or...
• Texas Section 160.005 - Report Confidential; Communication Not Privileged
  (a) A report made under this subchapter is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. (b) In a proceeding brought...
• Texas Section 160.006 - Board Confidentiality
  (a) A record, report, or other information received and maintained by the board under this subchapter or Subchapter B, including any material received or developed...
• Texas Section 160.007 - Confidentiality Relating To Medical Peer Review Committee
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, each proceeding or record of a medical peer review committee is confidential, and any communication made to...
• Texas Section 160.008 - Use Of Certain Confidential Information
  (a) This section applies to a person participating in peer review, a medical peer review committee, or a health care entity named as a defendant...
• Texas Section 160.009 - Compliance With Subpoena
  (a) The governing body and medical staff of each health care entity and any other person shall comply with a subpoena for documents or information...
• Texas Section 160.010 - Immunity From Civil Liability
  (a) The following are immune from civil liability: (1) a person who, in good faith, reports or furnishes information to a medical peer review committee...
• Texas Section 160.011 - Not State Action
  The reporting or assistance provided for in this subchapter does not constitute state action on the reporting or assisting medical peer review committee or its...
• Texas Section 160.012 - Discipline Or Discrimination Prohibited
  (a) A person may not suspend, terminate, or otherwise discipline or discriminate against a person who reports to the board under this subtitle. (b) A...
• Texas Section 160.013 - Expungement Of Report Made In Bad Faith
  If a court makes a final determination that a report or complaint made to the board was made in bad faith, the complaint shall be...
• Texas Section 160.014 - Action By Health Care Entity Not Precluded
  The filing of a report with the board under this subchapter, or an investigation or disposition by the board, does not in itself preclude any...

SUBCHAPTER B REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO INSURERS

• Texas Section 160.015 - Immunity Of Hospital District Or Hospital Authority
  This subchapter does not impose liability or waive immunity for a hospital district or hospital authority that has common law, statutory, or other immunity. Added...
• Texas Section 160.051 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of insurance. (2) "Insurer" means an insurer or other entity that provides medical professional liability insurance covering...
• Texas Section 160.052 - Report From Insurer Or Physician
  (a) Each insurer shall submit to the board the report or other information described by Section 160.053 at the time prescribed. The insurer shall provide...
• Texas Section 160.053 - Contents Of Report; Additional Information
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date an insurer receives from an insured a complaint filed in a lawsuit, a settlement of...
• Texas Section 160.054 - Report Not Evidence
  In the trial of an action against a physician based on the physician's conduct in providing or failing to provide a medical or health care...
• Texas Section 160.055 - Sanctions For Failure To Report
  The commissioner may impose sanctions authorized by Chapter 82, Insurance Code, on an insurer who fails to report information as required by this subchapter. Acts...

SUBCHAPTER C REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN CONVICTIONS OR ADJUDICATIONS

• Texas Section 160.056 - Civil Liability
  A person or entity is not liable for any action taken by the person or entity under this subchapter, and a cause of action does...
• Texas Section 160.101 - Report By Court To Department Of Public Safety
  (a) This section applies to a person known to be a physician who is licensed or otherwise lawfully practicing in this state or applying to...
• Texas Section 160.102 - Report By Court To Board
  Not later than the 30th day after the date a court finds that a physician is mentally ill or mentally incompetent, the clerk of the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016