Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 303 - Nursing Peer Review
- Texas Section 303.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Texas Board of Nursing. (2) "Nurse" means a registered nurse or a vocational nurse licensed under Chapter 301....
- Texas Section 303.0015 - Required Establishment Of Nursing Peer Review Committee
(a) A person shall establish a nursing peer review committee to conduct nursing peer review under this chapter and Chapter 301: (1) for vocational nurses,...
- Texas Section 303.002 - General Provisions Regarding Peer Review
(a) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 3.001. (b) The board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with each state agency...
- Texas Section 303.003 - Committee Membership
(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...
- Texas Section 303.004 - Peer Review By Two Entities
(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,...
- Texas Section 303.005 - Request For Peer Review Committee Determination
(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...
- Texas Section 303.006 - Confidentiality Of Peer Review Proceedings
(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...
- Texas Section 303.007 - Disclosure Of Information
(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...
- Texas Section 303.0075 - Sharing Of Information
(a) A nursing peer review committee and a patient safety committee established by the same entity may share information. (b) A record or determination of...
- Texas Section 303.008 - Rebuttal Statement
(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...
- Texas Section 303.009 - Retaliatory Actions
(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...
- Texas Section 303.010 - Civil Liability
(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...
- Texas Section 303.011 - Evaluation By Committee
(a) 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...
- Texas Section 303.012 - Error Classification System
(a) The board may develop a standardized error classification system for use by a nursing peer review committee in evaluating the conduct of a nurse....
Last modified: September 28, 2016