Texas Occupations Code

§ 151.003 — LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS

OC § 151.003Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 151. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

The legislature finds that:

(1)the practice of medicine is a privilege and not a natural right of individuals and as a matter of public policy it is necessary to protect the public interest through enactment of this subtitle to regulate the granting of that privilege and its subsequent use and control; and

(2)the board should remain the primary means of licensing, regulating, and disciplining physicians.

Legislative history

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