Sec. 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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally
Chapter 115 - Health or Veterinary Services Provided in Catastrophic Circumstances
Section 115.003. Applicability to Volunteer Health Practitioners
Section 115.004. Regulation of Services During Emergency
Section 115.005. Volunteer Health Practitioner Registration System
Section 115.006. Recognition of Volunteer Health Practitioners Licensed in Other States
Section 115.007. No Effect on Credentialing and Privileging
Section 115.008. Provision of Volunteer Health or Veterinary Services; Administrative Sanctions
Section 115.009. Relation to Other Laws
Section 115.010. Regulatory Authority
Section 115.011. Limitations on Civil Liability for Volunteer Health Practitioners