Texas Labor Code
§ 413.0512 — MEDICAL QUALITY REVIEW PANEL
LA § 413.0512Title 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION · Part A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT · Ch. 413. MEDICAL REVIEW · Art. E. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)The medical advisor shall establish a medical quality review panel of health care providers to assist the medical advisor in performing the duties required under Section 413.0511. The panel is not subject to Chapter 2110, Government Code.
(b)The agencies that regulate health professionals who are licensed or otherwise authorized to practice a health profession under Title 3, Occupations Code, and who are involved in the provision of health care as part of the workers' compensation system in this state shall develop lists of health care providers licensed or otherwise regulated by those agencies who have demonstrated experience in workers' compensation or utilization review. The medical advisor shall consider appointing some of the members of the medical quality review panel from the names on those lists and, when appointing members of the medical quality review panel, shall select specialists from various health care specialty fields to serve on the panel to ensure that the membership of the panel has expertise in a wide variety of health care specialty fields. The medical advisor shall also consider nominations for the panel made by labor, business, and insurance organizations.
(c)The medical quality review panel shall recommend to the medical advisor:
(1)appropriate action regarding doctors, other health care providers, insurance carriers, utilization review agents, and independent review organizations;
(2)the addition or deletion of doctors from the list of approved doctors under Section 408.023; and
(3)the certification, revocation of certification, or denial of renewal of certification of a designated doctor under Section 408.1225.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.252, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1218 (H.B. 2004), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1162 (H.B. 2605), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2011.