Sec. 2212.101. COVERAGE UNDER CONTRACT. A contract of professional liability insurance issued by a trust may include coverage of:
(1) a professional association or partnership of physicians, with respect to health care liability claims and related risks if a majority of the persons having a proprietary interest in the association or partnership are members of the association that created the trust;
(2) proprietary members, associates, stockholders, and executive officers and directors of an association or partnership described by Subdivision (1), with respect to potential vicarious liability for acts or omissions of others giving rise to health care liability claims and related risks;
(3) an insured physician and, as applicable, an insured professional association or partnership, including proprietary members, associates, stockholders, and executive officers and directors of the association or partnership, with respect to liability of an insured arising out of:
(A) injury to a patient related to ownership, maintenance, or use of premises for the practice of medicine, including necessary or incidental operations;
(B) service by an insured physician as a member of a committee, board, or similar group of a hospital medical staff or of a professional association or society with respect to medical staff privileges, accreditation, or disciplinary matters relating to competency or patient safety and risk reduction programs; or
(C) a health care liability claim or related risk based in whole or part on an act or omission occurring before the date a contract of professional insurance is issued by the trust; or
(4) an applicant for membership in the association that created the trust, pending final action on the application, with respect to health care liability claims and related risks, including coverage described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3), as applicable.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 10 - Property and Casualty Insurance
Subtitle G - Pools, Groups, Plans, and Self-Insurance
Chapter 2212 - Self-Insurance Trusts for Health Care Liability Claims
Subchapter C. Insurance Contracts Issued by Trust
Section 2212.101. Coverage Under Contract
Section 2212.102. Coverage for Volunteer Health Care Providers