Texas Occupations Code

§ 154.004 — DISCLOSURE OF DISCIPLINARY ORDERS

OC § 154.004Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 154. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION AND COMPLAINT PROCEDURES · Art. A. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION

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(a)On written request the board shall make available to the general public on payment of a reasonable fee to cover expenses and to appropriate state agencies information that includes:

(1)a summary of any previous disciplinary order by the board against a specific physician licensed in this state;

(2)the date of the order; and

(3)the current status of the order.

(b)If the board is not required under other state law to establish a toll-free telephone number, the board shall establish an eight-hour toll-free telephone number to make the information required by this section immediately available to any caller.

Legislative history

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