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TX Occ Code § 167.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 167 - Texas Physician Health Program|Section 167.008. Referrals to Program

Sec. 167.008.  REFERRALS TO PROGRAM.  (a)  The program shall accept a self-referral from a physician or physician assistant and referrals from an individual, a physician health and rehabilitation committee, a physician assistant organization, a state physician health program, a hospital or hospital system licensed in this state, a residency program, the board, or the physician assistant board.(b)  A physician or physician assistant may refer the physician or physician assistant to the program.(c)  The program may not accept a referral, except as provided by board rules, for a violation of the standard of care as a result of drugs or alcohol or boundary violations with a patient or a patient's family.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 292), Sec. 2(a), eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Occ Code § 167.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 167 - Texas Physician Health Program|Section 167.009. Referral by Board or Physician Assistant Board as Prerequisite for Issuing or Maintaining a License

Sec. 167.009.  REFERRAL BY BOARD OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BOARD AS PREREQUISITE FOR ISSUING OR MAINTAINING A LICENSE.  (a)  The board or the physician assistant board, through an agreed order or after a contested proceeding, may make a referral to the program and require participation in the program by a specified physician or physician assistant as a prerequisite for issuing or maintaining a license under Chapter 155 or 204.(b)  The board or the physician assistant board may discipline a physician or physician assistant required to participate in the program under Subsection (a) who does not participate in the program.(c)  Each program participant is individually responsible for payment of the participant's own medical costs, including any required evaluations, primary treatment, and continuing care.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 292), Sec. 2(a), eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Occ Code § 167.0091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 167 - Texas Physician Health Program|Section 167.0091. Referrals for Certain Professions

Sec. 167.0091.  REFERRALS FOR CERTAIN PROFESSIONS.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board, the Texas Board of Medical Radiologic Technology, or the Texas Board of Respiratory Care, as appropriate, may make a referral to the program and require participation in the program as a prerequisite for issuing or maintaining a license, certificate, permit, or other authorization under Chapter 601, 602, 603, or 604.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.002, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 167.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 167 - Texas Physician Health Program|Section 167.010. Confidentiality

Sec. 167.010.  CONFIDENTIALITY.  (a)  Each referral, proceeding, report, investigative file, record, or other information received, gathered, created, or maintained by the program or its employees, consultants, work site monitors, or agents relating to a physician or physician assistant is privileged and confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, or to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for release to any person except as provided by this chapter.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the program may report to the board or the physician assistant board, as appropriate, the name and pertinent information relating to impairment of a physician or physician assistant.(c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the program shall make a report to the board or the physician assistant board, as appropriate, regarding a physician or physician assistant if the medical director or the governing board determines that the physician or physician assistant poses a continuing threat to the public welfare.  If requested by the board or the physician assistant board, a report under this subsection must include all information in the possession or control of the program.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 292), Sec. 2(a), eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Occ Code § 167.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 167 - Texas Physician Health Program|Section 167.011. Funding; Fees

Sec. 167.011.  FUNDING; FEES.  (a)  The Texas physician health program account is a special account in the general revenue fund.  Funds in the account may be appropriated only to the board for administration of the program.(b)  The board by rule shall set and collect reasonable and necessary fees from program participants in amounts sufficient to offset, to the extent reasonably possible, the cost of administering this chapter.(c)  Each program participant shall pay an annual fee to partially offset the cost of participation and monitoring services.(d)  The board shall deposit fees collected under this section to the credit of the account established under Subsection (a).(e)  The board may grant a waiver to the fee imposed under Subsection (c).  The board shall adopt rules relating to the issuance of a waiver under this subsection.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 292), Sec. 2(a), eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Occ Code § 167.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 167 - Texas Physician Health Program|Section 167.012. Memorandum of Understanding With Board

Sec. 167.012.  MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH BOARD.  The governing board and the board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to better coordinate services and operations of the program.  The memorandum of understanding must be adopted by rule and:(1)  establish performance measures for the program, including the number of participants who successfully complete the program;(2)  include a list of services the board will provide for the program; and(3)  require that an internal audit of the program be conducted at least once every three years to ensure the program is properly documenting and referring all noncompliance to the board.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1231 (H.B. 1504), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Occ Code § 167.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 167 - Texas Physician Health Program|Section 167.013. Gifts, Grants, and Donations

Sec. 167.013.  GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.  In addition to any fees paid to the board or money appropriated to the board for the program, the governing board may receive and accept a gift, grant, donation, or other thing of value from any source, including the United States or a private source, for the program.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1231 (H.B. 1504), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Occ Code § 169.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 169 - Authority to Prescribe Low-Thc Cannabis to Certain Patients for Compassionate Use|Section 169.001. Definitions

Sec. 169.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.(1-a)  "Incurable neurodegenerative disease" means a disease designated as an incurable neurodegenerative disease by rule of the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, adopted in consultation with the National Institutes of Health.(2)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 3703), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2019.(3)  "Low-THC cannabis" means the plant Cannabis sativa L., and any part of that plant or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, preparation, resin, or oil of that plant that contains not more than one percent by weight of tetrahydrocannabinols.(4)  "Medical use" means the ingestion by a means of administration other than by smoking of a prescribed amount of low-THC cannabis by a person for whom low-THC cannabis is prescribed under this chapter.(5)  "Smoking" means burning or igniting a substance and inhaling the smoke.(6)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 3703), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 3703), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2019.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Occ Code § 169.0011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 169 - Authority to Prescribe Low-Thc Cannabis to Certain Patients for Compassionate Use|Section 169.0011. Prescription for Medical Use

Sec. 169.0011.  PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL USE.  A reference in this chapter, Chapter 487, Health and Safety Code, or other law to a prescription for medical use or a prescription for low-THC cannabis means an entry in the compassionate-use registry established under Section 487.054, Health and Safety Code.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 3703), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Occ Code § 169.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 169 - Authority to Prescribe Low-Thc Cannabis to Certain Patients for Compassionate Use|Section 169.002. Physician Qualified to Prescribe Low-Thc Cannabis to Patients With Certain Medical Conditions

Sec. 169.002.  PHYSICIAN QUALIFIED TO PRESCRIBE LOW-THC CANNABIS TO PATIENTS WITH CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS.  (a)  Only a physician qualified with respect to a patient's particular medical condition as provided by this section may prescribe low-THC cannabis in accordance with this chapter to treat the applicable medical condition.(b)  A physician is qualified to prescribe low-THC cannabis with respect to a patient's particular medical condition if the physician:(1)  is licensed under this subtitle;(2)  is board certified in a medical specialty relevant to the treatment of the patient's particular medical condition by a specialty board approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists; and(3)  dedicates a significant portion of clinical practice to the evaluation and treatment of the patient's particular medical condition.(c)  A physician is qualified to prescribe low-THC cannabis for the treatment of a patient with a medical condition approved by rule of the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission for treatment in an approved research program conducted under Subchapter F, Chapter 487, Health and Safety Code, if the physician is:(1)  licensed under this subtitle; and(2)  certified by a compassionate-use institutional review board created under Section 487.253, Health and Safety Code, that oversees patient treatment undertaken as part of that approved research program.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 3703), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Occ Code § 169.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 169 - Authority to Prescribe Low-Thc Cannabis to Certain Patients for Compassionate Use|Section 169.003. Prescription of Low-Thc Cannabis

Sec. 169.003.  PRESCRIPTION OF LOW-THC CANNABIS.  A physician described by Section 169.002 may prescribe low-THC cannabis to a patient if:(1)  the patient is a permanent resident of the state;(2)  the physician complies with the registration requirements of Section 169.004; and(3)  the physician certifies to the department that:(A)  the patient is diagnosed with:(i)  epilepsy;(ii)  a seizure disorder;(iii)  multiple sclerosis;(iv)  spasticity;(v)  amyotrophic lateral sclerosis;(vi)  autism;(vii)  cancer;(viii)  an incurable neurodegenerative disease;(ix)  post-traumatic stress disorder; or(x)  a medical condition that is approved for a research program under Subchapter F, Chapter 487, Health and Safety Code, and for which the patient is receiving treatment under that program; and(B)  the physician determines the risk of the medical use of low-THC cannabis by the patient is reasonable in light of the potential benefit for the patient.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 3703), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 660 (H.B. 1535), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Occ Code § 169.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 169 - Authority to Prescribe Low-Thc Cannabis to Certain Patients for Compassionate Use|Section 169.004. Low-Thc Cannabis Prescriber Registration

Sec. 169.004.  LOW-THC CANNABIS PRESCRIBER REGISTRATION.  (a)  Before a physician qualified to prescribe low-THC cannabis under Section 169.002 may prescribe or renew a prescription for low-THC cannabis for a patient under this chapter, the physician must register as the prescriber for that patient in the compassionate-use registry maintained by the department under Section 487.054, Health and Safety Code.  The physician's registration must indicate:(1)  the physician's name;(2)  the patient's name and date of birth;(3)  the dosage prescribed to the patient;(4)  the means of administration ordered for the patient; and(5)  the total amount of low-THC cannabis required to fill the patient's prescription.(b)  The department may not publish the name of a physician registered under this section unless permission is expressly granted by the physician.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 3703), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2019.|
TX Occ Code § 169.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 169 - Authority to Prescribe Low-Thc Cannabis to Certain Patients for Compassionate Use|Section 169.005. Patient Treatment Plan

Sec. 169.005.  PATIENT TREATMENT PLAN.  A physician described by Section 169.002 who prescribes low-THC cannabis for a patient's medical use under this chapter must maintain a patient treatment plan that indicates:(1)  the dosage, means of administration, and planned duration of treatment for the low-THC cannabis;(2)  a plan for monitoring the patient's symptoms; and(3)  a plan for monitoring indicators of tolerance or reaction to low-THC cannabis.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 301 (S.B. 339), Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 170.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 170 - Prescription of Opioid Antagonists|Section 170.001. Definitions

Sec. 170.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter, "opioid antagonist" and "opioid-related drug overdose" have the meanings assigned by Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (S.B. 584), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 534 (S.B. 315), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 170.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 170 - Prescription of Opioid Antagonists|Section 170.002. Guidelines

Sec. 170.002.  GUIDELINES.  (a)  The board shall adopt guidelines for the prescription of opioid antagonists.(b)  The guidelines must address:(1)  prescribing an opioid antagonist to a patient to whom an opioid medication is also prescribed; and(2)  identifying patients at risk of an opioid-related drug overdose and prescribing an opioid antagonist to that patient or to a person in a position to administer the opioid antagonist to that patient. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (S.B. 584), Sec. 1 (c)  In adopting guidelines under this section, the board:(1)  shall consult with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy;(2)  shall consult materials published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and(3)  may consult other appropriate materials, including medical journals subject to peer review and publications by medical professional associations. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 534 (S.B. 315), Sec. 6 (c)  In adopting guidelines under this section, the board:(1)  shall consult materials published by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; and(2)  may consult other appropriate materials, including medical journals subject to peer review and publications by medical professional associations.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (S.B. 584), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 534 (S.B. 315), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 170.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 170 - Prescription of Opioid Antagonists|Section 170.003. Liability for Act or Omission With Respect to Prescribing an Opioid Antagonist

Sec. 170.003.  LIABILITY FOR ACT OR OMISSION WITH RESPECT TO PRESCRIBING AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST.  A physician who acts in good faith and with reasonable care, regardless of whether the physician follows the guidelines adopted under this chapter, is not subject to criminal or civil liability or any professional disciplinary action for:(1)  prescribing or failing to prescribe an opioid antagonist; or(2)  any outcome resulting from the eventual administration of an opioid antagonist prescribed by the physician.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (S.B. 584), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 534 (S.B. 315), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Occ Code § 171.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 171 - Interstate Medical Licensure Compact|Section 171.001. Purpose

Sec. 171.001.  PURPOSE.  In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing and regulatory authority of state medical boards and provides a streamlined process that allows physicians to become licensed in multiple states, thereby enhancing the portability of a medical license and ensuring the safety of patients. The compact creates another pathway for licensure and does not otherwise change a state's existing medical practice act. The compact also adopts the prevailing standard for licensure and affirms that the practice of medicine occurs where the patient is located at the time of the physician-patient encounter, and therefore, requires the physician to be under the jurisdiction of the state medical board where the patient is located. State medical boards that participate in the compact retain the jurisdiction to impose an adverse action against a license to practice medicine in that state issued to a physician through the procedures in the compact.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (H.B. 1616), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Occ Code § 171.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 171 - Interstate Medical Licensure Compact|Section 171.003. Eligibility

Sec. 171.003.  ELIGIBILITY.  (a) A physician must meet the eligibility requirements as defined in Section 171.002(11) to receive an expedited license under the terms and provisions of the compact.(b)  A physician who does not meet the requirements of Section 171.002(11) may obtain a license to practice medicine in a member state if the individual complies with all laws and requirements, other than the compact, relating to the issuance of a license to practice medicine in that state.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (H.B. 1616), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Occ Code § 171.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 171 - Interstate Medical Licensure Compact|Section 171.004. Designation of State of Principal License

Sec. 171.004.  DESIGNATION OF STATE OF PRINCIPAL LICENSE.  (a) A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and the state is:(1)  the state of primary residence for the physician;(2)  the state where at least 25 percent of the practice of medicine occurs;(3)  the location of the physician's employer; or(4)  if no state qualifies under Subdivision (1), (2), or (3), the state designated as state of residence for purpose of federal income tax.(b)  A physician may redesignate a member state as state of principal license at any time, as long as the state meets the requirements in Subsection (a).(c)  The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules to facilitate redesignation of another member state as the state of principal license.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (H.B. 1616), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Occ Code § 171.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle B - Physicians|Chapter 171 - Interstate Medical Licensure Compact|Section 171.006. Fees for Expedited Licensure

Sec. 171.006.  FEES FOR EXPEDITED LICENSURE.  (a)  A member state issuing an expedited license authorizing the practice of medicine in that state may impose a fee for a license issued or renewed through the compact.(b)  The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules regarding fees for expedited licenses.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (H.B. 1616), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|