Texas Occupations Code
§ 151.002 — DEFINITIONS
OC § 151.002Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 151. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this subtitle:
(1)"Board" means the Texas Medical Board.
(2)"Continuing threat to the public welfare" means a real danger to the health of a physician's patients or to the public from the acts or omissions of the physician caused through the physician's lack of competence, impaired status, or failure to care adequately for the physician's patients, as determined by:
(A)the board;
(B)a medical peer review committee in this state;
(C)a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state or otherwise lawfully practicing medicine in this state;
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.06, eff. September 28, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 (S.B. 949), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1121 (S.B. 1148), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2018.