Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 281.0282 — DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND PHYSICIANS
HS § 281.0282Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part D. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS · Ch. 281. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS IN COUNTIES OF AT LEAST 190,000 · Art. B. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION
Statute text
View on source(a)The board of the Dallas County Hospital District may appoint, contract for, or employ physicians, dentists, and other health care providers as the board considers necessary for the efficient operation of the district.
(b)The term of an employment contract entered into under this section may not exceed four years.
(c)This section may not be construed as authorizing the board of the Dallas County Hospital District to supervise or control the practice of medicine, as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code.
(d)The authority granted to the board of the Dallas County Hospital District under Subsection (a) to employ physicians shall apply only as necessary for the district to fulfill the district's statutory mandate to provide medical and dental care for the indigent and needy residents of the district as provided by Section 281.046.
(e)The Dallas County Hospital District shall establish a committee consisting of at least five actively practicing physicians who provide care in the district. The committee shall approve existing policies or adopt new policies, if no policies exist, to ensure that a physician who is employed by the district is exercising the physician's independent medical judgment in providing care to patients.
(f)The chair of the committee must be a member of the executive committee of the Dallas County Hospital District's medical staff.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (S.B. 1705), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.