Tex.
Occ. Code Section 164.0015
Remedial Plan
(a)
In addition to the authority under Sections 164.001 (Disciplinary Authority of Board; Methods of Discipline) and 164.002 (Board Disposition of Complaints, Contested Cases, and Other Matters), the board may issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint relating to this subtitle.(b)
A remedial plan may not contain a provision that:(1)
revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person’s license or other authorization to practice medicine; or(2)
assesses an administrative penalty against a person.(c)
A remedial plan may not be imposed to resolve a complaint:(1)
concerning:(A)
a patient death;(B)
the commission of a felony; or(C)
a matter in which the physician engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior or contact with a patient or became financially or personally involved with a patient in an inappropriate manner; or(2)
in which the appropriate resolution may involve a restriction on the manner in which a license holder practices medicine.(d)
The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a complaint against a license holder if the license holder has entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding five years.(e)
The board may assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering this plan.(f)
The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
Source:
Section 164.0015 — Remedial Plan, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.164.htm#164.0015 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
