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TX Occ Code § 603.507 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 603 - Perfusionists|Subchapter K. Administrative Penalty|Section 603.507. Options Following Decision: Pay or Appeal

Sec. 603.507.  OPTIONS FOLLOWING DECISION:  PAY OR APPEAL.  (a)  Within 30 days after the date the medical board's order becomes final, the person shall:(1)  pay the administrative penalty; or(2)  file a petition for judicial review contesting the occurrence of the violation, the amount of the penalty, or both.(b)  Within the 30-day period prescribed by Subsection (a), a person who files a petition for judicial review may:(1)  stay enforcement of the penalty by:(A)  paying the penalty to the court for placement in an escrow account; or(B)  giving the court a supersedeas bond approved by the court that:(i)  is for the amount of the penalty; and(ii)  is effective until all judicial review of the medical board's order is final; or(2)  request the court to stay enforcement of the penalty by:(A)  filing with the court a sworn affidavit of the person stating that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and is financially unable to give the supersedeas bond; and(B)  giving a copy of the affidavit to the medical board by certified mail.(c)  If the medical board receives a copy of an affidavit under Subsection (b)(2), the medical board may file with the court, within five days after the date the copy is received, a contest to the affidavit.(d)  The court shall hold a hearing on the facts alleged in the affidavit as soon as practicable and shall stay the enforcement of the penalty on finding that the alleged facts are true.  The person who files an affidavit has the burden of proving that the person is financially unable to pay the penalty and to give a supersedeas bond.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 326, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 231 (S.B. 403), Sec. 65, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.187, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.148, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 603.508 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 603 - Perfusionists|Subchapter K. Administrative Penalty|Section 603.508. Collection of Penalty

Sec. 603.508.  COLLECTION OF PENALTY.  (a)  If the person does not pay the administrative penalty and the enforcement of the penalty is not stayed, the penalty may be collected.(b)  The attorney general may sue to collect the penalty.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 326, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 603.509 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 603 - Perfusionists|Subchapter K. Administrative Penalty|Section 603.509. Determination by Court

Sec. 603.509.  DETERMINATION BY COURT.  (a)  If the court sustains the determination that a violation occurred, the court may uphold or reduce the amount of the administrative penalty and order the person to pay the full or reduced amount of the penalty.(b)  If the court does not sustain the finding that a violation occurred, the court shall order that a penalty is not owed.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 326, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 603.510 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 603 - Perfusionists|Subchapter K. Administrative Penalty|Section 603.510. Remittance of Penalty and Interest

Sec. 603.510.  REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST.  (a)  If the person paid the administrative penalty and if the amount of the penalty is reduced or the penalty is not upheld by the court, the court shall order, when the court's judgment becomes final, that the appropriate amount plus accrued interest be remitted to the person.(b)  The interest accrues at the rate charged on loans to depository institutions by the New York Federal Reserve Bank.(c)  The interest shall be paid for the period beginning on the date the penalty is paid and ending on the date the penalty is remitted.(d)  If the person gave a supersedeas bond and the penalty is not upheld by the court, the court shall order, when the court's judgment becomes final, the release of the bond.(e)  If the person gave a supersedeas bond and the amount of the penalty is reduced, the court shall order the release of the bond after the person pays the reduced amount.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 326, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 603.511 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 603 - Perfusionists|Subchapter K. Administrative Penalty|Section 603.511. Administrative Procedure

Sec. 603.511.  ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.  A proceeding under this subchapter is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 326, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 604.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 604.001. Definitions

Sec. 604.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Advisory board" means the Texas Board of Respiratory Care.(2)  "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board.(3)  "Respiratory care" means the treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluation, or care of a patient who has a deficiency or abnormality associated with the cardiorespiratory system.(4)  "Respiratory care practitioner" means a person who holds a certificate or temporary permit under this chapter to practice respiratory care.(5)  "Respiratory care procedure" means respiratory care provided by the therapeutic and diagnostic use of medical gases, humidifiers, and aerosols, the administration of drugs and medications to the cardiorespiratory system, ventilatory assistance and ventilatory control, postural drainage, chest drainage, chest percussion or vibration, breathing exercises, respiratory rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the maintenance of natural airways, and the insertion and maintenance of artificial airways.  The term includes a technique used to assist in diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and research, as ordered by a patient's physician, including:(A)  the measurement of ventilatory volumes, pressures, and flows;(B)  the specimen collection of blood and other materials;(C)  pulmonary function testing;  and(D)  hemodynamic and other related physiological forms of monitoring or treating the cardiorespiratory system.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.188, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.149, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 604.002. Interpretation: Practice of Medicine

Sec. 604.002.  INTERPRETATION:  PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.  This chapter does not permit the practice of medicine, as defined by Subtitle B, by a respiratory care practitioner.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Occ Code § 604.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 604.003. Effect of Chapter

Sec. 604.003.  EFFECT OF CHAPTER.  This chapter does not prohibit:(1)  the practice of respiratory care as an integral part of the program of study by a student enrolled in a respiratory care education program approved by the advisory board;(2)  the employment by a health care facility of a person to deliver limited respiratory care support services under the supervision of another person who holds a certificate issued under this chapter, if the person delivering the services does not perform an invasive procedure related to critical respiratory care, including a therapeutic, diagnostic, or palliative procedure, as part of the person's employment and if that person:(A)  is enrolled for credit in the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care education program; or(B)  has completed all of the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care education program within the preceding 12 months and is actively pursuing a course of study leading to graduation from the program;(3)  the care of an ill person provided without charge by a friend or family member;(4)  care provided in an emergency by a person who does not claim to be a respiratory care practitioner;(5)  the performance by a respiratory care practitioner of an advance in the art and techniques of respiratory care learned through formal or specialized training;(6)  the practice of respiratory care by health care personnel who have been formally trained in the care used and who are:(A)  licensed under the law regulating their professions; or(B)  acting under the delegated authority of a licensed physician;(7)  the practice of a legally qualified respiratory care practitioner who is discharging the practitioner's official duties as an employee of the United States government; or(8)  the practice by a person of a profession or occupation for which the person is licensed, registered, or certified under another law of this state.|Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.150, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.021. Texas Board of Respiratory Care

Sec. 604.021.  TEXAS BOARD OF RESPIRATORY CARE.  The Texas Board of Respiratory Care is an advisory board to the Texas Medical Board.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.022. Appointment of Advisory Board

Sec. 604.022.  APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD.  (a)  The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:(1)  four respiratory care practitioners who each have at least five years of experience as a respiratory care practitioner;(2)  two physicians licensed in this state who supervise respiratory care practitioners; and(3)  three members who represent the public.(b)  Appointments to the advisory board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.023. Membership Eligibility and Restrictions

Sec. 604.023.  MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY AND RESTRICTIONS.  (a)  In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual business or professional problems and in promoting their common interest.(b)  A person may not be a public member of the advisory board if the person or the person's spouse:(1)  is registered, certified, or licensed by a regulatory agency in a health care profession;(2)  is employed by or participates in the management of a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the medical board or advisory board;(3)  owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other organization regulated by or receiving money from the medical board or advisory board; or(4)  uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible goods, services, or money from the medical board or advisory board other than compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for advisory board membership, attendance, or expenses.(c)  A person may not be a member of the advisory board if:(1)  the person is an officer, employee, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care; or(2)  the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of health care.(d)  A person may not be a member of the advisory board or act as the general counsel to the advisory board if the person is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, because of the person's activities for compensation on behalf of a profession related to the operation of the medical board or advisory board.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.024. Terms; Vacancies

Sec. 604.024.  TERMS; VACANCIES.  (a)  Members of the advisory board are appointed for staggered six-year terms.  The terms of three members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.(b)  A member may not serve more than:(1)  two consecutive full terms; or(2)  a total of three full terms.(c)  If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the governor shall appoint a new member to fill the unexpired term.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.025. Officers

Sec. 604.025.  OFFICERS.  The governor shall designate a member of the advisory board as the presiding officer of the advisory board to serve in that capacity at the will of the governor.  The advisory board shall select from its membership an assistant presiding officer and other officers as the advisory board considers necessary to carry out the advisory board's duties.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.026. Grounds for Removal

Sec. 604.026.  GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.  (a)  It is a ground for removal from the advisory board that a member:(1)  does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Sections 604.022 and 604.023;(2)  does not maintain during service on the advisory board the qualifications required by Sections 604.022 and 604.023;(3)  is ineligible for membership under Section 604.023;(4)  cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or(5)  is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled advisory board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the advisory board.(b)  The validity of an action of the advisory board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of an advisory board member exists.(c)  If the executive director of the medical board has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the advisory board of the potential ground.  The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.  If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the advisory board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.027. Per Diem

Sec. 604.027.  PER DIEM.  A member of the advisory board is entitled to receive a per diem as set by legislative appropriation for each day that the member engages in the business of the advisory board.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.028. Application of Open Meetings, Open Records, and Administrative Procedure Laws

Sec. 604.028.  APPLICATION OF OPEN MEETINGS, OPEN RECORDS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE LAWS.  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the advisory board is subject to Chapters 551, 552, and 2001, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.029. Meetings; Quorum Requirements

Sec. 604.029.  MEETINGS; QUORUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The advisory board shall conduct regular meetings at least three times a year at the times and places the advisory board considers most convenient for applicants and advisory board members.(b)  The advisory board may hold special meetings in accordance with rules adopted by the advisory board and approved by the medical board.(c)  A majority of the advisory board members constitutes a quorum for all purposes except for an advisory board activity related to examining the credentials of applicants, acting as a panel for disciplinary action under Section 604.202, or conducting an informal meeting under Section 604.209.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Occ Code § 604.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 3 - Health Professions|Subtitle K - Professions Related to Use of Certain Medical Equipment|Chapter 604 - Respiratory Care Practitioners|Subchapter A. -1. Texas Board of Respiratory Care|Section 604.030. Training

Sec. 604.030.  TRAINING.  (a)  A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the advisory board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the advisory board until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.(b)  The training program must provide the person with information regarding:(1)  the law governing advisory board operations;(2)  the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the advisory board;(3)  the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking authority of the advisory board;(4)  the types of advisory board rules, interpretations, and enforcement actions that may implicate federal antitrust law by limiting competition or impacting prices charged by persons engaged in a profession or business the advisory board regulates, including any rule, interpretation, or enforcement action that:(A)  regulates the scope of practice of persons in a profession or business the advisory board regulates;(B)  restricts advertising by persons in a profession or business the advisory board regulates;(C)  affects the price of goods or services provided by persons in a profession or business the advisory board regulates; or(D)  restricts participation in a profession or business the advisory board regulates;(5)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the advisory board;(6)  the requirements of:(A)  laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and disclosure of conflicts of interest; and(B)  other laws applicable to members of the advisory board in performing their duties; and(7)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the advisory board or the Texas Ethics Commission.(c)  A person appointed to the advisory board is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.(d)  The executive director of the medical board shall create a training manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b).  The executive director shall distribute a copy of the training manual annually to each advisory board member.  Each board member shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.151, eff. September 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1231 (H.B. 1504), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2019.|