Texas Occupations Code

§ 102.007 — APPLICABILITY

OC § 102.007Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part A. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS GENERALLY · Ch. 102. SOLICITATION OF PATIENTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)This subchapter does not apply to a health care information service that:

(1)provides its services to a consumer only by telephone communication on request initiated by the consumer and without charge to the consumer;

(2)provides information about health care providers to enable consumer selection of health care provider services without any direct influence by a health care provider on actual consumer selection of those services;

(3)in response to each consumer inquiry, on a nondiscriminatory basis, provides information identifying health care providers who substantially meet the consumer's detailed criteria based on consumer responses to standard questions designed to elicit a consumer's criteria for a health care provider, including criteria concerning location of the practice, practice specialties, costs and payment policies, acceptance of insurance coverage, general background and practice experience, and various personal characteristics;

(4)does not attempt through its standard questions for solicitation of consumer criteria or through any other means to lead a consumer to select or consider selection of a particular health care provider for health care provider services;

(5)identifies to a consumer:

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Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.