Texas Labor Code
§ 408.022 — SELECTION OF DOCTOR
LA § 408.022Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 408. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS · Art. B. MEDICAL BENEFITS
Statute text
View on source(a)Except in an emergency, the division shall require an employee to receive medical treatment from a doctor chosen from a list of doctors approved by the commissioner. A doctor may perform only those procedures that are within the scope of the practice for which the doctor is licensed. The employee is entitled to the employee's initial choice of a doctor from the division's list.
(b)If an employee is dissatisfied with the initial choice of a doctor from the division's list, the employee may notify the division and request authority to select an alternate doctor. The notification must be in writing stating the reasons for the change, except notification may be by telephone when a medical necessity exists for immediate change.
(c)The commissioner shall prescribe criteria to be used by the division in granting the employee authority to select an alternate doctor. The criteria may include:
(1)whether treatment by the current doctor is medically inappropriate;
(2)the professional reputation of the doctor;
(3)whether the employee is receiving appropriate medical care to reach maximum medical improvement; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.082, eff. September 1, 2005.