Texas Occupations Code
§ 160.010 — IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY
OC § 160.010Title 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)The following are immune from civil liability:
(1)a person who, in good faith, reports or furnishes information to a medical peer review committee or the board;
(2)a member, employee, or agent of the board, a medical peer review committee, or a medical organization committee, or a medical organization district or local intervenor, who takes an action or makes a recommendation within the scope of the functions of the board, committee, or intervenor program, if that member, employee, agent, or intervenor acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that the action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to that person; and
(3)a member or employee of the board or any person who assists the board in carrying out its duties or functions provided by law.
(b)A cause of action does not accrue against a member, agent, or employee of a medical peer review committee or against a health care entity from any act, statement, determination or recommendation made, or act reported, without malice, in the course of medical peer review.
(c)A person, medical peer review committee, or health care entity that, without malice, participates in medical peer review or furnishes records, information, or assistance to a medical peer review committee or the board is immune from any civil liability arising from that act.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 1.30, eff. September 1, 2005.