Texas Occupations Code

§ 151.0515 — DISCRIMINATION BASED ON MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION

OC § 151.0515Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 151. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. B. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBTITLE

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(a)Except as otherwise provided by this section, the following entities may not differentiate between physicians based on a physician's maintenance of certification:

(1)a health facility that is licensed under Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, or a mental hospital that is licensed under Chapter 577, Health and Safety Code, if the facility or hospital has an organized medical staff or a process for credentialing physicians;

(2)a hospital that is owned or operated by this state;

(3)an institution or program that is owned, operated, or licensed by this state, including an institution or program that directly or indirectly receives state financial assistance, if the institution or program:

(A)has an organized medical staff or a process for credentialing physicians on its staff; and

(B)is not a medical school, as defined by Section 61.501, Education Code, or a comprehensive cancer center, as designated by the National Cancer Institute; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1121 (S.B. 1148), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2018.