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TX Health & Safety Code § 773.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter C. Licenses, Certification, and Qualifications|Section 773.063. Civil Penalty

Sec. 773.063.  CIVIL PENALTY.  (a)  The attorney general, a district attorney, or a county attorney may bring a civil action to compel compliance with this chapter or to enforce a rule adopted under this chapter.(b)  A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty in addition to any injunctive relief or other remedy provided by law.  The civil penalty may not exceed $250 a day for each violation.(c)  Civil penalties recovered in a suit brought by the state at the department's request shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.(d)  Civil penalties recovered in a suit brought by a local government shall be paid to the local government that brought the suit.  A municipality or county is encouraged to use the amount of recovered penalties that exceed the cost of bringing suit to improve the delivery of emergency medical services in the municipality or county.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter C. Licenses, Certification, and Qualifications|Section 773.064. Criminal Penalties

Sec. 773.064.  CRIMINAL PENALTIES.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly practices as, attempts to practice as, or represents himself to be an emergency medical technician-paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician, emergency care attendant, or licensed paramedic and the person does not hold an appropriate certificate issued by the department under this chapter.  An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.(b)  An emergency medical services provider commits an offense if the provider knowingly advertises or causes the advertisement of a false, misleading, or deceptive statement or representation concerning emergency medical services staffing, equipment, and vehicles.  An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.(c)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly uses or permits to be used a vehicle that the person owns, operates, or controls to transport a sick or injured person unless the person is licensed as an emergency medical services provider by the department.  An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.(d)  It is an exception to the application of Subsection (c) that the person transports a sick or injured person:(1)  to medical care as an individual citizen not ordinarily engaged in that activity; (2)  in a casualty situation that exceeds the basic vehicular capacity or capability of an emergency medical services provider;  or(3)  as an emergency medical services provider in a vehicle for which a variance has been granted under Section 773.052.(e)  Venue for prosecution of an offense under this section is in the county in which the offense is alleged to have occurred.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 266, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 435, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1545, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter C. Licenses, Certification, and Qualifications|Section 773.065. Administrative Penalty

Sec. 773.065.  ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.  (a)  The department may assess an administrative penalty against an emergency medical services provider or a course coordinator who violates this chapter or a rule adopted or an order issued under this chapter.(b)  In determining the amount of the penalty, the department shall consider:(1)  the emergency medical services provider's or course coordinator's previous violations;(2)  the seriousness of the violation;(3)  any hazard to the health and safety of the public;(4)  the emergency medical services provider's or course coordinator's demonstrated good faith; and(5)  any other matter as justice may require.(c)  The penalty may not exceed $7,500 for each violation.  The executive commissioner by rule shall establish gradations of penalties in accordance with the relative seriousness of the violation.(d)  Each day a violation continues may be considered a separate violation.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 915, Sec. 16, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 435, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.84(i), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1546, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter C. Licenses, Certification, and Qualifications|Section 773.066. Assessment of Administrative Penalty

Sec. 773.066.  ASSESSMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY.  (a)  An administrative penalty may be assessed only after an emergency medical services provider or course coordinator charged with a violation is provided notice and given an opportunity to request a hearing.(b)  If a hearing is held, the department shall refer the matter to the State Office of Administrative Hearings.  An administrative law judge of that office shall conduct the hearing, make findings of fact, and issue to the department a written proposal for decision regarding whether the emergency medical services provider or course coordinator committed a violation and the amount of any penalty to be assessed.(c)  If the emergency medical services provider or course coordinator charged with the violation does not request a hearing, the department shall determine whether the provider or course coordinator committed a violation and the amount of any penalty to be assessed.(d)  After making a determination under this section that a penalty is to be assessed against an emergency medical services provider or a course coordinator, the department shall issue an order requiring that the emergency medical services provider or course coordinator pay the penalty.(e)  Not later than the 30th day after the date an order is issued under Subsection (d), the department shall give written notice of the order to the emergency medical services provider or course coordinator.(f)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3.1639(114), eff. April 2, 2015.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 915, Sec. 17, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1547, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1639(114), eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.069 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter C. Licenses, Certification, and Qualifications|Section 773.069. Recovery of Administrative Penalty by Attorney General

Sec. 773.069.  RECOVERY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.  The attorney general at the request of the department may bring a civil action to recover an administrative penalty assessed under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1549, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.070 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter C. Licenses, Certification, and Qualifications|Section 773.070. Denial of Certification or Licensure for Failure to Provide Certain Criminal History Record Information

Sec. 773.070.  DENIAL OF CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION.   The department may deny licensure or certification to an applicant who does not provide a complete set of the required fingerprints to obtain criminal history record information.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 46(17), eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1550, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter C. Licenses, Certification, and Qualifications|Section 773.071. Fees

Sec. 773.071.  FEES.  (a)  To the extent feasible, the executive commissioner by rule shall set the fees under this subchapter in amounts necessary for the department to recover the cost of administering this subchapter.(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to fees for which Section 773.059 prescribes the method for determining the amount of the fees.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.84(j), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1551, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter D. Confidential Communications|Section 773.091. Confidential Communications

Sec. 773.091.  CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS.  (a)  A communication between certified emergency medical services personnel or a physician providing medical supervision and a patient that is made in the course of providing emergency medical services to the patient is confidential and privileged and may not be disclosed except as provided by this chapter.(b)  Records of the identity, evaluation, or treatment of a patient by emergency medical services personnel or by a physician providing medical supervision that are created by the emergency medical services personnel or physician or maintained by an emergency medical services provider are confidential and privileged and may not be disclosed except as provided by this chapter.(c)  Any person who receives information from confidential communications or records as described by this chapter, other than a person listed in Section 773.092 who is acting on the survivor's behalf, may not disclose the information except to the extent that disclosure is consistent with the authorized purposes for which the information was obtained.(d)  This subchapter governs confidential communications or records concerning a patient regardless of when the patient received the services of emergency medical services personnel or a physician providing medical supervision.(e)  Notwithstanding Rule 501, Texas Rules of Evidence, the privilege of confidentiality may be claimed in any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding and may be claimed by the patient or the emergency medical services personnel or physician acting on the patient's behalf.(f)  If the emergency medical services personnel or physician claims the privilege of confidentiality on behalf of the patient, the authority to do so is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.(g)  The privilege of confidentiality under this section does not extend to information regarding the presence, nature of injury or illness, age, sex, occupation, and city of residence of a patient who is receiving emergency medical services.  Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring or permitting emergency services personnel to make a diagnosis.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 10.008, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.093 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter D. Confidential Communications|Section 773.093. Consent

Sec. 773.093.  CONSENT.  (a)  Consent for the release of confidential information must be in writing and signed by the patient, a parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor, a legal guardian if the patient has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal affairs, an attorney ad litem appointed for the patient, or a personal representative if the patient is deceased.  The written consent must specify:(1)  the information or records to be covered by the release;(2)  the reasons or purpose for the release;  and(3)  the person to whom the information is to be released.(b)  The patient or other person authorized to consent may withdraw consent to the release of any information by submitting a written notice of withdrawal to the person or program to which consent was provided.  Withdrawal of consent does not affect any information disclosed before the date on which written notice of the withdrawal was received.(c)  A person who receives information made confidential by this chapter may disclose the information to others only to the extent consistent with the authorized purposes for which consent to release the information was obtained.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.094 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter D. Confidential Communications|Section 773.094. Injunction; Damages

Sec. 773.094.  INJUNCTION;  DAMAGES.  A person aggrieved by an unauthorized disclosure of communications or records that are confidential under this subchapter may petition the district court of the county in which the person resides or, in the case of a nonresident of the state, a district court of Travis County for appropriate injunctive relief.  The petition takes precedence over all civil matters on the docketed court except those matters to which equal precedence on the docket is granted by law.  A person injured by an unauthorized disclosure of communications or records that are confidential under this subchapter may bring an action for damages.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.095 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter D. Confidential Communications|Section 773.095. Records and Proceedings Confidential

Sec. 773.095.  RECORDS AND PROCEEDINGS CONFIDENTIAL.  (a)  The proceedings and records of organized committees of hospitals, medical societies, emergency medical services providers, emergency medical services and trauma care systems, or first responder organizations relating to the review, evaluation, or improvement of an emergency medical services provider, a first responder organization, an emergency medical services and trauma care system, or emergency medical services personnel are confidential and not subject to disclosure by court subpoena or otherwise.(b)  The records and proceedings may be used by the committee and the committee members only in the exercise of proper committee functions.(c)  This section does not apply to records made or maintained in the regular course of business by an emergency medical services provider, a first responder organization, or emergency medical services personnel.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 435, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 874, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.096 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter D. Confidential Communications|Section 773.096. Immunity for Committee Members

Sec. 773.096.  IMMUNITY FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.  A member of an organized committee under Section 773.095 is not liable for damages to a person for an action taken or recommendation made within the scope of the functions of the committee if the committee member acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that the action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to the committee member.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter E. Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems|Section 773.111. Legislative Findings

Sec. 773.111.  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.  (a)  The legislature finds that death caused by injury is the leading cause of death for persons one through 44 years of age, and the third overall cause of death for all ages.  Effective emergency medical services response and resuscitation systems, medical care systems, and medical facilities reduce the occurrence of unnecessary mortality.(b)  It is estimated that trauma costs more than $63 million a day nationally, which includes lost wages, medical expenses, and indirect costs.  Proportionately, this cost to Texas would be more than $4 million a day.  Many hospitals provide emergency medical care to patients who are unable to pay for catastrophic injuries directly or through an insurance or entitlement program.(c)  In order to improve the health of the people of the state, it is necessary to improve the quality of emergency and medical care to the people of Texas who are victims of unintentional, life-threatening injuries by encouraging hospitals to provide trauma care and increasing the availability of emergency medical services.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 267, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Redesignated from Health & Safety Code Sec. 773.081 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.113 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter E. Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems|Section 773.113. Duties of Department

Sec. 773.113.  DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.  (a)  The department shall:(1)  develop and monitor a statewide emergency medical services and trauma care system;(2)  designate trauma facilities;(3)  develop and maintain a trauma reporting and analysis system to:(A)  identify severely injured trauma patients at each health care facility in this state;(B)  identify the total amount of uncompensated trauma care expenditures made each fiscal year by each health care facility in this state; and(C)  monitor trauma patient care in each health care facility, including each designated trauma center, in emergency medical services and trauma care systems in this state; and(4)  provide for coordination and cooperation between this state and any other state with which this state shares a standard metropolitan statistical area.(b)  The department may grant an exception to a rule adopted under Section 773.112 if it finds that compliance with the rule would not be in the best interests of the persons served in the affected local emergency medical services and trauma care delivery area.(c)  The department shall develop performance measures for regional advisory councils in trauma service areas to:(1)  promote the provision of a minimum level of emergency medical services in a trauma service area in accordance with the rules adopted under Section 773.112;(2)  promote the provision of quality care and service by the emergency medical services and trauma care system in accordance with the rules adopted under Section 773.112; and(3)  maximize the accuracy of information provided by a regional advisory council to the department for increased council effectiveness.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 267, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Redesignated from Health & Safety Code Sec. 773.083 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1555, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1556, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.114 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter E. Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems|Section 773.114. System Requirements

Sec. 773.114.  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  Each emergency medical services and trauma care system must have:(1)  local or regional medical control for all field care and transportation, consistent with geographic and current communications capability;(2)  triage, transport, and transfer protocols; and(3)  one or more hospitals categorized according to trauma care capabilities using standards adopted by department rule.(b)  This subchapter does not prohibit a health care facility from providing services that it is authorized to provide under a license issued to the facility by the department.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 267, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Redesignated from Health & Safety Code Sec. 773.084 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1557, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 773.1141 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 9 - Safety|Subtitle B - Emergencies|Chapter 773 - Emergency Medical Services|Subchapter E. Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems|Section 773.1141. Information, Guidelines, and Protocols Related to Certain Patient Transfers and Related Services

Sec. 773.1141.  INFORMATION, GUIDELINES, AND PROTOCOLS RELATED TO CERTAIN PATIENT TRANSFERS AND RELATED SERVICES.  (a)  This section applies only to a trauma service area regional advisory council serving a geographic area that includes:(1)  at least one county located on the international border of this state; and(2) at least one county adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico.(b) For each trauma service area regional advisory council to which this section applies, the executive commissioner by rule shall:(1) require the council to create an advisory committee composed of equally represented designated trauma hospital system members located within the geographic boundaries of the council or require the council to direct an existing advisory committee of the council established for a purpose similar to that described by this subsection to:(A) develop guidelines for patient transfers; and(B) periodically review patient transfers to ensure compliance with applicable guidelines;(2) for the purpose of ensuring that patients located in the council's geographic boundaries receive health care at the health care facility closest to and most appropriate for the patients, require the council to develop regional protocols and processes to assist the council in managing the dispatch, triage, transport, and transfer of patients; and(3) require each hospital and emergency medical services provider operating within the council's geographic boundaries to collect and report to the council data on patients transferred outside the council's geographic boundaries.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (S.B. 1397), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2021.|