Texas Occupations Code

§ 151.055 — APPLICATION TO CERTAIN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS

OC § 151.055Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 151. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. B. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBTITLE

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This subtitle does not prohibit a hospital from entering into an independent contractor agreement with a physician to provide services at the hospital or at another health care facility owned or operated by the hospital and:

(1)paying the physician a minimum guaranteed amount to ensure the physician's availability;

(2)billing and collecting from patients the physician's professional fees; or

(3)retaining the collected professional fees up to the amount of the minimum guaranteed amount plus a reasonable collection fee.

Legislative history

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