Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 245.023 — PUBLIC INFORMATION; TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER

HS § 245.023Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 245. ABORTION FACILITIES

Statute text

(a)The department on request shall make the following information available to the public:

(1)the status of the license of any abortion facility;

(2)the date of the last inspection of the facility, any violation discovered during that inspection that would pose a health risk to a patient at the facility, any challenge raised by the facility to the allegation that there was a violation, and any corrective action that is acceptable to the department and that is being undertaken by the facility with respect to the violation; and

(3)an administrative or civil penalty imposed against the facility or a physician who provides services at the facility, professional discipline imposed against a physician who provides services at the facility, and any criminal conviction of the facility or a physician who provides services at the facility that is relevant to services provided at the facility.

(b)Subsection (a) does not require the department to provide information that is not in the possession of the department. The Texas Medical Board shall provide to the department information in the possession of the board that the department is required to provide under Subsection (a).

(c)The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone number that a person may call to obtain the information described by Subsection (a).

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0694, eff. April 2, 2015.