Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 281.0285 — EL PASO COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; EMPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HS § 281.0285Title 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 El Paso 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 El Paso County Hospital District to supervise or control the practice of medicine as prohibited by Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, or to supervise or control the practice of dentistry as prohibited by Subtitle D, Title 3, Occupations Code.
(d)The authority granted to the board of the El Paso County Hospital District under Subsection (a) to employ physicians shall apply as necessary for the district to fulfill the district's statutory mandate to provide medical care for the indigent and needy residents of the district as provided by Section 281.046.
(e)The medical executive committee of the El Paso County Hospital District, in accordance with the bylaws adopted by the board of the El Paso County Hospital District, shall adopt, maintain, and enforce policies to ensure that a physician employed by the district exercises the physician's independent medical judgment in providing care to patients.
(f)The policies adopted by the medical executive committee under this section must include:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 417 (S.B. 860), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.