Tex. Occ. Code Section 115.007
No Effect on Credentialing and Privileging


(a)

In this section:

(1)

“Credentialing” means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility.

(2)

“Privileging” means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill.

(b)

This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1264 (H.B. 746), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.

Source: Section 115.007 — No Effect on Credentialing and Privileging, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.­115.­htm#115.­007 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

§ 115.007’s source at texas​.gov