Texas Occupations Code
§ 160.006 — BOARD CONFIDENTIALITY
OC § 160.006Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 160. REPORT AND CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS · Art. A. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL PEER REVIEW
Statute text
View on source(a)A record, report, or other information received and maintained by the board under this subchapter or Subchapter B, including any material received or developed by the board during an investigation or hearing and the identity of, and reports made by, a physician performing or supervising compliance monitoring for the board, is confidential. The board may disclose this information only:
(1)in a disciplinary hearing before the board or State Office of Administrative Hearings or in a subsequent trial or appeal of a board action or order;
(2)to the physician licensing or disciplinary authority of another jurisdiction, to a local, state, or national professional medical society or association, or to a medical peer review committee located inside or outside this state that is concerned with granting, limiting, or denying a physician hospital privileges;
(3)under a court order;
(4)to qualified personnel for bona fide research or educational purposes, if personally identifiable information relating to any physician or other individual is first deleted; or
(5)to the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance as provided by Section 413.0514, Labor Code.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 6.102, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 1.29, eff. September 1, 2005.