Texas Occupations Code
§ 162.005 — ANTI-RETALIATION POLICY
OC § 162.005Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 162. REGULATION OF PRACTICE OF MEDICINE · Art. A. REGULATION BY BOARD OF CERTAIN NONPROFIT HEALTH CORPORATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)A health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) shall develop, implement, and comply with an anti-retaliation policy for physicians under which the health organization may not terminate, demote, retaliate against, discipline, discriminate against, or otherwise penalize a physician for:
(1)filing in good faith a complaint under Section 162.004;
(2)cooperating in good faith with an investigation or proceeding of the board relating to a complaint filed under Section 162.004; or
(3)communicating to a patient in good faith what the physician reasonably believes to be the physician's best, independent medical judgment.
(b)On a determination that a health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) has failed to develop, implement, or comply with a policy described by Subsection (a), the board may take any action allowed under this subtitle or board rule applicable to a health organization.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 771 (H.B. 1532), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.