Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 253.007 — EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT REGISTRY

HS § 253.007Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 253. EMPLOYEE MISCONDUCT; REGISTRY

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(a)The department shall establish an employee misconduct registry. If the department in accordance with this chapter finds that an employee of a facility or of an individual employer has committed reportable conduct, the department shall make a record of the employee's name, the employee's address, the employee's social security number, the name of the facility or individual employer, the address of the facility or individual employer, the date the reportable conduct occurred, and a description of the reportable conduct.

(b)If an agency of another state or the federal government finds that an employee has committed an act that constitutes reportable conduct, the department may make a record in the employee misconduct registry of the employee's name, the employee's address, the employee's social security number, the name of the facility, the address of the facility, the date of the act, and a description of the act.

(c)The department shall make the registry available to the public. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 629, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1267, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 763 (S.B. 806), Sec. 11, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 363 (H.B. 2683), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2014.