Sec. 206.159. IMMUNITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) A medical peer review committee in this state, a quality assurance committee in this state, a surgical assistant, a surgical assistant student, a physician practicing medicine in this state, or any person usually present in an operating room, including a nurse or surgical technologist, shall report relevant information to the advisory committee related to the acts of a surgical assistant in this state if, in that person's opinion, a surgical assistant poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through the person's practice as a surgical assistant. The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.
(b) A person who, without malice, furnishes records, information, or assistance to the advisory committee under this section is immune from any civil liability arising from that action in a suit against the person brought by or on behalf of a surgical assistant who is reported under this section.
(c) Sections 160.002, 160.003, 160.006, 160.007, 160.009, 160.013, and 160.014 apply to medical peer review regarding a licensed surgical assistant.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Other Professions Performing Medical Procedures
Chapter 206 - Surgical Assistants
Subchapter D. Public Interest Information; Complaint and Investigative Information
Section 206.151. Public Participation
Section 206.152. Public Interest Information
Section 206.154. Records of Complaints
Section 206.155. License Holder Access to Complaint Information
Section 206.156. Health Care Entity Request for Information
Section 206.157. Confidentiality of Investigative Information
Section 206.1575. Conduct of Investigation
Section 206.158. Permitted Disclosure of Investigative Information