Sec. 1452.002. VERIFICATION OF PHYSICIAN'S LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE. The commissioner shall require a health maintenance organization to verify that a physician's license to practice medicine and any other certificate the physician is required to hold, including a certificate issued by the Department of Public Safety or the federal Drug Enforcement Administration or a certificate issued under the Medicare program, is valid as of the date of:
(1) initial credentialing of the physician; and
(2) each recredentialing.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 8 - Health Insurance and Other Health Coverages
Subtitle F - Physicians and Health Care Providers
Chapter 1452 - Physician and Provider Credentials
Subchapter A. Credentialing of Physicians and Providers by Health Maintenance Organization
Section 1452.001. Applicability of Certain Definitions
Section 1452.002. Verification of Physician's License or Certificate
Section 1452.003. Site Visit for Initial Credentialing
Section 1452.004. Limitation on Commissioner's Authority