Tex.
Occ. Code Section 204.208
Duty to Report; Medical Peer Review
(a)
A medical peer review committee in this state, physician assistant, physician assistant student, or physician lawfully practicing medicine in this state shall report relevant information to the physician assistant board related to the acts of a physician assistant in this state if, in the person’s opinion, a physician assistant poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through practice as a physician assistant. The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.(b)
Sections 160.002 (Report of Medical Peer Review), 160.003 (Report by Certain Practitioners), 160.006 (Board Confidentiality), 160.007 (Confidentiality Relating to Medical Peer Review Committee)(d), 160.009 (Compliance with Subpoena), 160.013 (Expungement of Report Made in Bad Faith), 160.014 (Action by Health Care Entity Not Precluded), and 160.015 (Immunity of Hospital District or Hospital Authority) apply to medical peer review relating to the practice of a physician assistant.(c)
A person, including a health care entity or medical peer review committee, that without malice furnishes records, information, or assistance to the physician assistant board is immune from any civil liability arising from that act.
Source:
Section 204.208 — Duty to Report; Medical Peer Review, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.204.htm#204.208 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
