Texas Occupations Code

§ 160.007 — CONFIDENTIALITY RELATING TO MEDICAL PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE

OC § 160.007Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 160. REPORT AND CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS · Art. A. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL PEER REVIEW

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(a)Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, each proceeding or record of a medical peer review committee is confidential, and any communication made to a medical peer review committee is privileged.

(b)If a judge makes a preliminary finding that a proceeding or record of a medical peer review committee or a communication made to the committee is relevant to an anticompetitive action, or to a civil rights proceeding brought under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, the proceeding, record, or communication is not confidential to the extent it is considered relevant.

(c)A record or proceeding of a medical peer review committee or a written or oral communication made to the committee may be disclosed to:

(1)another medical peer review committee;

(2)an appropriate state or federal agency;

(3)a national accreditation body;

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Legislative history

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