Texas Occupations Code

§ 261.103 — IMMUNITY FROM SUIT

OC § 261.103Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part D. DENTISTRY · Ch. 261. CONFIDENTIALITY AND IMMUNITY OF DENTAL PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE · Art. C. CIVIL LIABILITY

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A person is immune from civil liability if:

(1)the person reports or furnishes information to a dental peer review committee or the board in good faith;

(2)the person:

(A)is a member, employee, or agent of the board, of a dental peer review committee, or of a dental organization committee or a dental organization who takes an action or makes a recommendation within the scope of the functions of a peer review program; and

(B)acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that the action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to the person; or

(3)the person, including a health care entity or dental peer review committee, without malice participates in a dental peer review activity or furnishes a record, information, or assistance to a dental peer review committee or the board.

Legislative history

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