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TX Occ Code § 101.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 101 - Health Professions Council|Subchapter G. Office of Patient Protection|Section 101.302. Executive Committee; Director

Sec. 101.302.  EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE;  DIRECTOR.  (a)  The governor shall appoint an executive committee consisting of at least three members who are public members of the governing bodies of licensing agencies.  The executive committee shall appoint a director for the office.  The director shall be responsible for administering the provisions of this subchapter.(b)  The director may not be:(1)  a health care professional licensed or certified by a licensing agency;(2)  financially involved with the provision of health care or with an entity that provides health care, including an entity regulated by a licensing agency;(3)  an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association for a profession that is regulated by a licensing agency;(4)  an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a trade association for an entity regulated by the Texas Department of Insurance;  or(5)  required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation related to a person or organization subject to regulation by a licensing agency.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 101.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 101 - Health Professions Council|Subchapter G. Office of Patient Protection|Section 101.303. Administrative Attachment to Council; Reimbursement

Sec. 101.303.  ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT TO COUNCIL;  REIMBURSEMENT.  The office is located in the council but may not interfere with the other duties of the council.  The office shall reimburse the council from fees received by the office under Section 101.307 for administrative costs incurred by the council in providing administrative support for the office.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 101.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 101 - Health Professions Council|Subchapter G. Office of Patient Protection|Section 101.304. Public Information Provided by Office; Standard Complaint Form

Sec. 101.304.  PUBLIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OFFICE;  STANDARD COMPLAINT FORM.  (a)  The office shall provide to the public information about the complaint process at each licensing agency.(b)  The office shall conduct a public awareness campaign to increase awareness of the telephone complaint system under Subchapter B.(c)  Through the use of the Internet and other information and communications media, the office shall provide information to the public in easily understood language regarding the complaint procedures and sanctions processes used by the licensing agencies.(d)  The office, in cooperation with the licensing agencies, shall adopt a standard complaint form that may be used by a member of the public to file a complaint with a licensing agency.  Each licensing agency shall accept the form adopted under this section in addition to any other form required by the agency.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 101.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 101 - Health Professions Council|Subchapter G. Office of Patient Protection|Section 101.305. Powers and Duties of Office

Sec. 101.305.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICE.  (a)  The office shall:(1)  establish, in consultation with and on the approval of the council, protocols for interaction with licensing agencies;(2)  serve as the ombudsman for consumer complaints at the licensing agencies on the request of an individual consumer;(3)  assist consumers in obtaining information about the status of complaints;  and(4)  review the Internet websites of licensing agencies and make recommendations to the agencies on making public information, including information relating to disciplinary actions, understandable to and easily accessible by the public.(b)  The office may:(1)  appear at or present information or testimony to a licensing agency on behalf of consumers as a class;  and(2)  appeal the decisions of licensing agencies to the governing body of the appropriate licensing agency on behalf of consumers as a class but not for individual complainants.(c)  The office may not appeal an individual complainant's case before any agency.(d)  The office is entitled to access to:(1)  complaints received by a licensing agency, unless the access would jeopardize an ongoing investigation;  and(2)  the public records of a licensing agency and the records of a licensing agency that are filed with the State Office of Administrative Hearings.(e)  The confidentiality requirements that apply to the records of a licensing agency and the sanctions for disclosure of confidential information apply to the office and to information obtained by the office under Subsection (d).|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 101.306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 101 - Health Professions Council|Subchapter G. Office of Patient Protection|Section 101.306. Monitoring of Agencies

Sec. 101.306.  MONITORING OF AGENCIES.  (a)  The office shall review and evaluate rules proposed for adoption by the licensing agencies and changes made to the statutes that govern the operation of the agencies and the professions regulated by the agencies.(b)  The office may report to the legislature and recommend to licensing agencies changes in agency rules that, in the office's judgment, would positively affect the interests of consumers.(c)  The office shall recommend changes to the statutes described by Subsection (a) to the Sunset Advisory Commission during the commission's review of the relevant licensing agency.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 101.307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 101 - Health Professions Council|Subchapter G. Office of Patient Protection|Section 101.307. Funding of Office

Sec. 101.307.  FUNDING OF OFFICE.  (a)  To provide funding sufficient for the office to exercise the powers and duties prescribed by this subchapter:(1)  the initial licensing or registration fee charged by each licensing agency is increased by $5;  and(2)  the renewal fee charged by each licensing agency is increased by $1 for each year for which the license or registration is renewed.(b)  The fee increases authorized under this section shall be collected in the same manner as the assessment under Section 101.006.  The council may spend the fees collected under this section only to fund the activities of the office under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 305, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 101.351 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 101 - Health Professions Council|Subchapter H. Billing|Section 101.351. Failure to Provide Billing Information

Sec. 101.351.  FAILURE TO PROVIDE BILLING INFORMATION.  On the written request of a patient, a health care professional shall provide, in plain language, a written explanation of the charges for professional services previously made on a bill or statement for the patient.  This section does not apply to a physician subject to Section 101.352.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Transferred from Occupations Code, Section 101.202 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 997 (S.B. 1731), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Occ Code § 102.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.001. Soliciting Patients; Offense

Sec. 102.001.  SOLICITING PATIENTS;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly offers to pay or agrees to accept, directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly any remuneration in cash or in kind to or from another for securing or soliciting a patient or patronage for or from a person licensed, certified, or registered by a state health care regulatory agency.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person:(1)  has previously been convicted of an offense under this section;  or(2)  was employed by a federal, state, or local government at the time of the offense.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.002. Rebuttable Presumption

Sec. 102.002.  REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION.  It is a rebuttable presumption that a person violated Section 102.001 if:(1)  the person refers or accepts a referral of a patient to an inpatient mental health facility or chemical dependency treatment facility;(2)  before the patient is discharged or furloughed from the facility, the person pays the referring person or accepts payment from the facility for outpatient services to be provided by the referring person after the patient is discharged or furloughed from the facility;  and(3)  the referring person does not provide the outpatient services for which payment was made and does not return to the facility the payment received for those services.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.003. Federal Law; Construction

Sec. 102.003.  FEDERAL LAW;  CONSTRUCTION.  Section 102.001 permits any payment, business arrangement, or payment practice permitted by 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7b(b) or any regulation adopted under that law.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.004. Applicability to Advertising

Sec. 102.004.  APPLICABILITY TO ADVERTISING.  Section 102.001 does not prohibit advertising, unless the advertising is:(1)  false, misleading, or deceptive;  or(2)  not readily subject to verification, if the advertising claims professional superiority or the performance of a professional service in a superior manner.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.005. Applicability to Certain Entities

Sec. 102.005.  APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.  Section 102.001 does not apply to:(1)  a licensed insurer;(2)  a governmental entity, including:(A)  an intergovernmental risk pool established under Chapter 172, Local Government Code; and(B)  a system as defined by Section 1601.003, Insurance Code;(3)  a group hospital service corporation;(4)  a health maintenance organization that reimburses, provides, offers to provide, or administers hospital, medical, dental, or other health-related benefits under a health benefits plan for which it is the payor; or(5)  a health care collaborative certified under Chapter 848, Insurance Code.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.542, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7 (S.B. 7), Sec. 4.05, eff. September 28, 2011.|
TX Occ Code § 102.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.006. Failure to Disclose; Offense

Sec. 102.006.  FAILURE TO DISCLOSE;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if:(1)  the person, in a manner otherwise permitted under Section 102.001, accepts remuneration to secure or solicit a patient or patronage for a person licensed, certified, or registered by a state health care regulatory agency;  and(2)  does not, at the time of initial contact and at the time of referral, disclose to the patient:(A)  the person's affiliation, if any, with the person for whom the patient is secured or solicited;  and(B)  that the person will receive, directly or indirectly, remuneration for securing or soliciting the patient.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person:(1)  has previously been convicted of an offense under this section;  or(2)  was employed by a federal, state, or local government at the time of the offense.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.008. Disciplinary Action

Sec. 102.008.  DISCIPLINARY ACTION.  A violation of Section 102.001 or 102.006 is grounds for disciplinary action by the regulatory agency that issued a license, certification, or registration to the person who committed the violation.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.009. Injunction

Sec. 102.009.  INJUNCTION.  (a)  The attorney general or the appropriate district or county attorney, in the name of the state, may institute and conduct an action in a district court of Travis County or of a county in which any part of the violation occurs for an injunction or other process against a person who is violating this subchapter.(b)  The district court may grant any prohibitory or mandatory relief warranted by the facts, including a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent injunction.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.010. Civil Penalties

Sec. 102.010.  CIVIL PENALTIES.  (a)  A person who violates this subchapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day of violation and each act of violation.  In determining the amount of the civil penalty, the court shall consider:(1)  the person's previous violations;(2)  the seriousness of the violation, including the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;(3)  whether the health and safety of the public was threatened by the violation;(4)  the demonstrated good faith of the person;  and(5)  the amount necessary to deter future violations.(b)  The attorney general or the appropriate district or county attorney, in the name of the state, may institute and conduct an action authorized by this section in a district court of Travis County or of a county in which any part of the violation occurs.(c)  A penalty collected under this section by the attorney general shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund.  A penalty collected under this section by a district or county attorney shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the county in which the suit was heard.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 102.011. Suit for Injunctive Relief or Assessment of Civil Penalty

Sec. 102.011.  SUIT FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF OR ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTY.  (a)  The party bringing a suit under this subchapter may:(1)  combine a suit to assess and recover civil penalties with a suit for injunctive relief;  or(2)  file a suit to assess and recover civil penalties independently of a suit for injunctive relief.(b)  The party bringing the suit may recover reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining civil penalties, injunctive relief, or both, including investigation costs, court costs, reasonable attorney's fees, witness fees, and deposition expenses.(c)  The civil penalty and injunction authorized by this subchapter are in addition to any other civil, administrative, or criminal action provided by law.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter B. Healing Arts|Section 102.051. Soliciting Patients; Offense

Sec. 102.051.  SOLICITING PATIENTS;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:(1)  practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine;  and(2)  employs or agrees to employ, pays or promises to pay, or rewards or promises to reward another for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person accepts or agrees to accept anything of value for soliciting or securing a patient or patronage for a person who practices the art of healing with or without the use of medicine.(c)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $200. Each violation of this section is a separate offense.(d)  For purposes of this section, a person who practices the art of healing includes a masseur and an optometrist.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter B. Healing Arts|Section 102.052. Applicability to Physicians

Sec. 102.052.  APPLICABILITY TO PHYSICIANS.  This subchapter does not apply to a practitioner of medicine subject to regulation under Subtitle B.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter B. Healing Arts|Section 102.053. Exception for Certain Advertising

Sec. 102.053.  EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ADVERTISING.  Section 102.051 does not prohibit:(1)  placement in a newspaper of an advertisement of the person's profession, business, or place of business;  or(2)  advertisement by handbill and payment for services in distributing the handbill.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 102.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients|Subchapter B. Healing Arts|Section 102.054. Accessibility and Use of Witness Testimony

Sec. 102.054.  ACCESSIBILITY AND USE OF WITNESS TESTIMONY.  (a)  A person is not exempt from giving testimony in a proceeding to enforce Section 102.051.(b)  The testimony a person gives in a proceeding to enforce Section 102.051 may not be used against that person in any criminal action or proceeding.  A criminal action or proceeding may not be brought against a person because of the testimony given by that person in a proceeding to enforce Section 102.051.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 107.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 107 - Intractable Pain Treatment|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 107.001. Short Title

Sec. 107.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Intractable Pain Treatment Act.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 107.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 107 - Intractable Pain Treatment|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 107.002. Definitions

Sec. 107.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  'Board' means the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.(2)  'Intractable pain' means a state of pain for which:(A)  the cause of the pain cannot be removed or otherwise treated;  and(B)  in the generally accepted course of medical practice, relief or cure of the cause of the pain:(i)  is not possible;  or(ii)  has not been found after reasonable efforts.(3)  'Physician' means a physician licensed by the board.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 107.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 107 - Intractable Pain Treatment|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 107.003. Nonapplicability of Chapter to Certain Chemically Dependent Persons

Sec. 107.003.  NONAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS.  Except as provided by Subchapter C, this chapter does not apply to a person being treated by a physician for chemical dependency because of the person's use of a dangerous drug or controlled substance.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 107.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally|Chapter 107 - Intractable Pain Treatment|Subchapter B. Prescription and Administration of Dangerous Drugs and Controlled Substances|Section 107.051. Authority to Prescribe or Administer Dangerous Drug or Controlled Substance

Sec. 107.051.  AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE OR ADMINISTER DANGEROUS DRUG OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.  Notwithstanding any other law, a physician may prescribe or administer a dangerous drug or controlled substance to a person in the course of the physician's treatment of the person for intractable pain.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|