Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally

Section 101.303. Administrative Attachment to Council; Reimbursement - Sec. 101.303. ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT TO COUNCIL; REIMBURSEMENT. The office is...

Section 101.304. Public Information Provided by Office; Standard Complaint Form - Sec. 101.304. PUBLIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OFFICE; STANDARD COMPLAINT FORM....

Section 101.305. Powers and Duties of Office - Sec. 101.305. POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICE. (a) The office...

Section 101.306. Monitoring of Agencies - Sec. 101.306. MONITORING OF AGENCIES. (a) The office shall review...

Section 101.307. Funding of Office - Sec. 101.307. FUNDING OF OFFICE. (a) To provide funding sufficient...

Subchapter H. Billing

Section 101.351. Failure to Provide Billing Information - Sec. 101.351. FAILURE TO PROVIDE BILLING INFORMATION. On the written...

Section 101.352. Billing Policies and Information; Physicians - Sec. 101.352. BILLING POLICIES AND INFORMATION; PHYSICIANS. (a) A physician...

Chapter 102 - Solicitation of Patients

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 102.001. Soliciting Patients; Offense - Sec. 102.001. SOLICITING PATIENTS; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an...

Section 102.002. Rebuttable Presumption - Sec. 102.002. REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION. It is a rebuttable presumption that...

Section 102.003. Federal Law; Construction - Sec. 102.003. FEDERAL LAW; CONSTRUCTION. Section 102.001 permits any payment,...

Section 102.004. Applicability to Advertising - Sec. 102.004. APPLICABILITY TO ADVERTISING. Section 102.001 does not prohibit...

Section 102.005. Applicability to Certain Entities - Sec. 102.005. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN ENTITIES. Section 102.001 does not...

Section 102.006. Failure to Disclose; Offense - Sec. 102.006. FAILURE TO DISCLOSE; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits...

Section 102.007. Applicability - Sec. 102.007. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter does not apply to...

Section 102.008. Disciplinary Action - Sec. 102.008. DISCIPLINARY ACTION. A violation of Section 102.001 or...

Section 102.009. Injunction - Sec. 102.009. INJUNCTION. (a) The attorney general or the appropriate...

Section 102.010. Civil Penalties - Sec. 102.010. CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) A person who violates this...

Section 102.011. Suit for Injunctive Relief or Assessment of Civil Penalty - Sec. 102.011. SUIT FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF OR ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL...

Subchapter B. Healing Arts

Section 102.051. Soliciting Patients; Offense - Sec. 102.051. SOLICITING PATIENTS; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an...

Section 102.052. Applicability to Physicians - Sec. 102.052. APPLICABILITY TO PHYSICIANS. This subchapter does not apply...

Section 102.053. Exception for Certain Advertising - Sec. 102.053. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ADVERTISING. Section 102.051 does not...

Section 102.054. Accessibility and Use of Witness Testimony - Sec. 102.054. ACCESSIBILITY AND USE OF WITNESS TESTIMONY. (a) A...

Chapter 103 - Right to Object to Participation in Abortion Procedure

Section 103.001. Right to Object - Sec. 103.001. RIGHT TO OBJECT. A physician, nurse, staff member,...

Section 103.002. Discrimination Prohibited - Sec. 103.002. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) A hospital or health care...

Section 103.003. Remedies - Sec. 103.003. REMEDIES. A person whose rights under this chapter...

Section 103.004. Duty of Certain Private Entities to Make Facilities Available - Sec. 103.004. DUTY OF CERTAIN PRIVATE ENTITIES TO MAKE FACILITIES...

Chapter 104 - Healing Art Practitioners

Section 104.001. Short Title - Sec. 104.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 104.002. Healing Art - Sec. 104.002. HEALING ART. The healing art includes any system,...

Section 104.003. Required Identification - Sec. 104.003. REQUIRED IDENTIFICATION. (a) A person subject to this...

Section 104.004. Other Persons Using Title "Doctor" - Sec. 104.004. OTHER PERSONS USING TITLE "DOCTOR". In using the...

Section 104.005. Enforcement - Sec. 104.005. ENFORCEMENT. (a) On the request of a healing...

Section 104.006. Applicability to Established Church - Sec. 104.006. APPLICABILITY TO ESTABLISHED CHURCH. This chapter does not...

Section 104.007. Penalties - Sec. 104.007. PENALTIES. (a) A person who violates this chapter...

Chapter 105 - Unprofessional Conduct by Health Care Provider

Section 105.001. Definition - Sec. 105.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "health care provider" means...

Section 105.002. Unprofessional Conduct - Sec. 105.002. UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. (a) A health care provider commits...

Chapter 106 - General Regulatory Authority Regarding Health Care Practitioners' Use of Internet

Section 106.001. Effect of Internet Activity - Sec. 106.001. EFFECT OF INTERNET ACTIVITY. (a) In this section:...

Chapter 107 - Intractable Pain Treatment

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 107.001. Short Title - Sec. 107.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 107.002. Definitions - Sec. 107.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) 'Board' means the...

Section 107.003. Nonapplicability of Chapter to Certain Chemically Dependent Persons - Sec. 107.003. NONAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT PERSONS....

Subchapter B. Prescription and Administration of Dangerous Drugs and Controlled Substances

Section 107.051. Authority to Prescribe or Administer Dangerous Drug or Controlled Substance - Sec. 107.051. AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE OR ADMINISTER DANGEROUS DRUG OR...

Section 107.052. Limitations on Prescription or Administration of Dangerous Drug or Controlled Substance - Sec. 107.052. LIMITATIONS ON PRESCRIPTION OR ADMINISTRATION OF DANGEROUS DRUG...

Section 107.053. Limitation on Authority of Hospital or Other Health Care Facility Regarding Use of Dangerous Drug or Controlled Substance - Sec. 107.053. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF HOSPITAL OR OTHER HEALTH...

Subchapter C. Treatment of Certain Patients

Section 107.101. Patient - Sec. 107.101. PATIENT. In this subchapter, "patient" includes a person...

Section 107.102. Authority to Treat - Sec. 107.102. AUTHORITY TO TREAT. This chapter authorizes a physician...

Section 107.103. Duty to Monitor Patient - Sec. 107.103. DUTY TO MONITOR PATIENT. A physician who treats...

Section 107.104. Documentation and Consultation Required - Sec. 107.104. DOCUMENTATION AND CONSULTATION REQUIRED. To ensure that a...

Subchapter D. Disciplinary Action

Section 107.151. Disciplinary Action Prohibited - Sec. 107.151. DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROHIBITED. A physician is not subject...

Section 107.152. Authority of Board to Revoke or Suspend License - Sec. 107.152. AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO REVOKE OR SUSPEND LICENSE....

Chapter 108 - License Suspension or Revocation Required

Subchapter A. Suspension or Revocation of Physician License for Certain Drug Felony Convictions

Section 108.001. Definition - Sec. 108.001. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "board" means the Texas...

Section 108.002. License Suspension on Conviction; Revocation - Sec. 108.002. LICENSE SUSPENSION ON CONVICTION; REVOCATION. (a) The board...

Section 108.003. License Reinstatement or Reissuance - Sec. 108.003. LICENSE REINSTATEMENT OR REISSUANCE. (a) The board may...

Subchapter B. Automatic Denial or Revocation of Health Care Professional License

Section 108.051. Definitions - Sec. 108.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Health care professional"...

Section 108.052. Denial of License - Sec. 108.052. DENIAL OF LICENSE. A licensing authority shall deny...

Section 108.053. Revocation of License - Sec. 108.053. REVOCATION OF LICENSE. (a) The license of a...

Section 108.054. Reapplication - Sec. 108.054. REAPPLICATION. A person whose license application is denied...

Section 108.055. Reinstatement - Sec. 108.055. REINSTATEMENT. A person whose license is revoked under...

Chapter 109 - Release of Sex Offender Treatment Information

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 109.001. Definitions - Sec. 109.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Administration of criminal...

Section 109.002. Purpose of Releasing Information - Sec. 109.002. PURPOSE OF RELEASING INFORMATION. A person who is...

Section 109.003. Immunity From Damages - Sec. 109.003. IMMUNITY FROM DAMAGES. A person who releases or...

Subchapter B. Release of Treatment Information

Section 109.051. Release by Persons Providing Mental Health or Medical Services - Sec. 109.051. RELEASE BY PERSONS PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH OR MEDICAL...

Section 109.052. Release by Criminal Justice Agency - Sec. 109.052. RELEASE BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY. A criminal justice...

Section 109.053. Release by Local Law Enforcement Authority - Sec. 109.053. RELEASE BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. A local...

Section 109.054. Treatment Information - Sec. 109.054. TREATMENT INFORMATION. In this subchapter, information concerning the...

Chapter 110 - Council on Sex Offender Treatment

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 110.001. Definitions - Sec. 110.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) Repealed by Acts...

Section 110.002. Application of Chapter - Sec. 110.002. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter does not...

Subchapter B. Council on Sex Offender Treatment

Section 110.051. Council; Membership - Sec. 110.051. COUNCIL; MEMBERSHIP. (a) The council is within the...

Section 110.052. Public Membership Eligibility - Sec. 110.052. PUBLIC MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY. A person is not eligible...

Section 110.053. Membership and Employee Restrictions - Sec. 110.053. MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS. (a) In this section,...

Section 110.054. Terms - Sec. 110.054. TERMS. Members of the council serve staggered six-year...

Section 110.055. Presiding Officer - Sec. 110.055. PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall designate a member...

Section 110.056. Grounds for Removal - Sec. 110.056. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground...

Section 110.057. Meetings - Sec. 110.057. MEETINGS. (a) The council shall meet at least...

Section 110.058. Compensation; Reimbursement - Sec. 110.058. COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A council member may not...

Section 110.059. Training - Sec. 110.059. TRAINING. (a) To be eligible to take office...

Subchapter C. Executive Director and Staff

Section 110.101. Executive Director - Sec. 110.101. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. The commissioner of state health services...

Section 110.102. Staff - Sec. 110.102. STAFF. The executive director shall employ staff necessary...

Section 110.103. Division of Responsibilities - Sec. 110.103. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. The council shall develop and...

Section 110.104. Qualifications and Standards of Conduct Information - Sec. 110.104. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT INFORMATION. The executive...

Subchapter D. Council Powers and Duties

Section 110.151. Treatment for Sex Offenders - Sec. 110.151. TREATMENT FOR SEX OFFENDERS. The council shall: (1)...

Section 110.152. List and License Requirements - Sec. 110.152. LIST AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS. The council shall: (1)...

Section 110.153. Collection and Dissemination of Information - Sec. 110.153. COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. The council shall...

Section 110.154. Distribution of Money - Sec. 110.154. DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY. The council shall distribute money...

Section 110.155. Agency Assistance - Sec. 110.155. AGENCY ASSISTANCE. The council shall advise and assist...

Section 110.156. Adjudication Information - Sec. 110.156. ADJUDICATION INFORMATION. (a) The council shall establish a...

Section 110.157. Continuing Education Programs - Sec. 110.157. CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. The council shall design and...

Section 110.158. Rulemaking - Sec. 110.158. RULEMAKING. (a) The council may adopt rules consistent...

Section 110.159. Fees - Sec. 110.159. FEES. (a) The council shall: (1) charge and...

Section 110.160. Biennial Report - Sec. 110.160. BIENNIAL REPORT. (a) The council shall file biennially...

Section 110.161. Publication of List - Sec. 110.161. PUBLICATION OF LIST. (a) The council shall prepare...

Section 110.162. Confidentiality Required - Sec. 110.162. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRED. The council and the staff and...

Section 110.163. Grants and Donations - Sec. 110.163. GRANTS AND DONATIONS. The council may apply for...

Section 110.164. Dynamic Risk Assessment Tool - Sec. 110.164. DYNAMIC RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL. (a) The council shall...

Subchapter E. Interagency Advisory Committee

Section 110.201. Interagency Advisory Committee - Sec. 110.201. INTERAGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The interagency advisory committee shall...

Section 110.202. Advisory Committee Membership - Sec. 110.202. ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. (a) The executive head of...

Section 110.203. Meetings - Sec. 110.203. MEETINGS. The interagency advisory committee shall meet at...

Section 110.204. Agency Cooperation - Sec. 110.204. AGENCY COOPERATION. Each state agency or division of...

Subchapter F. Public Interest Information and Complaint Procedures

Section 110.251. Public Interest Information - Sec. 110.251. PUBLIC INTEREST INFORMATION. (a) The council shall prepare...

Section 110.252. Public Participation - Sec. 110.252. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. (a) The council shall develop and...

Section 110.253. Complaints - Sec. 110.253. COMPLAINTS. The council by rule shall establish methods...

Section 110.254. Record of Complaints - Sec. 110.254. RECORD OF COMPLAINTS. (a) The council shall keep...

Section 110.255. Complaint Investigation; Subpoenas - Sec. 110.255. COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION; SUBPOENAS. (a) In an investigation of...

Section 110.256. Confidentiality - Sec. 110.256. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b),...

Subchapter G. Sex Offender Treatment Provider License

Section 110.301. License Required - Sec. 110.301. LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) A person may not provide...

Section 110.302. License Requirements - Sec. 110.302. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS. (a) The council by rule shall...

Section 110.303. License of Out-of-State Applicants - Sec. 110.303. LICENSE OF OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS. The council may waive...

Section 110.304. Conviction or Deferred Adjudication Information - Sec. 110.304. CONVICTION OR DEFERRED ADJUDICATION INFORMATION. The council may...

Section 110.3045. License Term - Sec. 110.3045. LICENSE TERM. A license issued under this chapter...

Section 110.305. License Expiration - Sec. 110.305. LICENSE EXPIRATION. (a) The council by rule may...

Section 110.306. License Renewal Required - Sec. 110.306. LICENSE RENEWAL REQUIRED. A person whose license has...

Section 110.307. Procedure for Renewal - Sec. 110.307. PROCEDURE FOR RENEWAL. (a) Not later than the...

Section 110.308. Renewal of Expired License by Out-of-State Practitioner - Sec. 110.308. RENEWAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE BY OUT-OF-STATE PRACTITIONER. A...

Section 110.309. Denial of License - Sec. 110.309. DENIAL OF LICENSE. The council may deny an...

Subchapter H. Disciplinary Procedures

Section 110.351. Disciplinary Powers of Council - Sec. 110.351. DISCIPLINARY POWERS OF COUNCIL. The council shall revoke,...

Section 110.352. Probation - Sec. 110.352. PROBATION. If the suspension of a person's license...

Section 110.353. Disciplinary Hearing - Sec. 110.353. DISCIPLINARY HEARING. (a) If the council proposes to...

Section 110.354. Emergency Suspension - Sec. 110.354. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION. (a) The council or a three-member...

Subchapter I. Criminal Penalties

Section 110.401. Offense - Sec. 110.401. OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if...

Section 110.402. Offense: Release of Adjudication Information - Sec. 110.402. OFFENSE: RELEASE OF ADJUDICATION INFORMATION. (a) A person...

Subchapter J. Administrative Penalty

Section 110.451. Imposition of Administrative Penalty - Sec. 110.451. IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. The council may impose...

Section 110.452. Amount of Administrative Penalty - Sec. 110.452. AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The amount of...

Section 110.453. Report and Notice of Violation and Penalty - Sec. 110.453. REPORT AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND PENALTY. (a)...

Section 110.454. Penalty to Be Paid or Hearing Requested - Sec. 110.454. PENALTY TO BE PAID OR HEARING REQUESTED. (a)...

Section 110.455. Hearing - Sec. 110.455. HEARING. (a) If the person requests a hearing,...

Section 110.456. Decision by Council - Sec. 110.456. DECISION BY COUNCIL. (a) Based on the findings...

Section 110.457. Options Following Decision: Pay or Appeal - Sec. 110.457. OPTIONS FOLLOWING DECISION: PAY OR APPEAL. (a) Within...

Section 110.458. Collection of Penalty - Sec. 110.458. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. (a) If the person does...

Section 110.459. Determination by Court - Sec. 110.459. DETERMINATION BY COURT. (a) If the court sustains...

Section 110.460. Remittance of Penalty and Interest - Sec. 110.460. REMITTANCE OF PENALTY AND INTEREST. (a) If the...

Section 110.461. Administrative Procedure - Sec. 110.461. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. A proceeding under this subchapter is...

Chapter 111 - Telemedicine, Teledentistry, and Telehealth

Section 111.001. Definitions - Sec. 111.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Dentist," "health professional,"...

Section 111.002. Informed Consent - Sec. 111.002. INFORMED CONSENT. (a) A treating physician, dentist, or...

Section 111.003. Confidentiality - Sec. 111.003. CONFIDENTIALITY. A treating physician, dentist, or health professional...

Section 111.004. Rules - Sec. 111.004. RULES. (a) The Texas Medical Board, in consultation...

Section 111.005. Practitioner-Patient Relationship for Telemedicine Medical Services or Teledentistry Dental Services - Sec. 111.005. PRACTITIONER-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP FOR TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES OR TELEDENTISTRY...

Section 111.006. Coordination to Adopt Rules That Determine Valid Prescription - Sec. 111.006. COORDINATION TO ADOPT RULES THAT DETERMINE VALID PRESCRIPTION....

Section 111.007. Standard of Care for Telemedicine Medical Services, Teledentistry Dental Services, and Telehealth Services - Sec. 111.007. STANDARD OF CARE FOR TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICES, TELEDENTISTRY...

Section 111.0075. Licensing for Teledentistry Dental Services - Sec. 111.0075. LICENSING FOR TELEDENTISTRY DENTAL SERVICES. A health professional...

Section 111.008. Mental Health Services Excluded - Sec. 111.008. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES EXCLUDED. This chapter does not...

Section 111.009. Limitation on Certain Prescriptions - Sec. 111.009. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PRESCRIPTIONS. (a) In this section:...

Chapter 112 - General Licensing Requirements Applicable to Multiple Health Care Practitioners

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 112.001. Definitions - Sec. 112.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Health care practitioner"...

Section 112.002. Applicability - Sec. 112.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to licensing entities...

Subchapter B. Services Provided to Charities

Section 112.051. Reduced License Requirements for Retired Health Care Practitioners Performing Charity Work - Sec. 112.051. REDUCED LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR RETIRED HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS...

Chapter 113 - Mental Health Telemedicine and Telehealth Services

Section 113.001. Definitions - Sec. 113.001. DEFINITIONS. The definitions provided by Section 111.001 apply...

Section 113.002. Patient Located Outside of State - Sec. 113.002. PATIENT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF STATE. Notwithstanding any other...

Chapter 114 - Reporting Requirements Applicable to Multiple Health Occupation Regulatory Agencies

Section 114.001. Definitions - Sec. 114.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Health care practitioner"...

Section 114.002. Annual Report to Legislature - Sec. 114.002. ANNUAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Not later than...

Chapter 115 - Health or Veterinary Services Provided in Catastrophic Circumstances

Section 115.001. Short Title - Sec. 115.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 115.002. Definitions - Sec. 115.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the...

Section 115.003. Applicability to Volunteer Health Practitioners - Sec. 115.003. APPLICABILITY TO VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS. This chapter applies...

Section 115.004. Regulation of Services During Emergency - Sec. 115.004. REGULATION OF SERVICES DURING EMERGENCY. (a) While an...

Section 115.005. Volunteer Health Practitioner Registration System - Sec. 115.005. VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGISTRATION SYSTEM. (a) The department...

Section 115.006. Recognition of Volunteer Health Practitioners Licensed in Other States - Sec. 115.006. RECOGNITION OF VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS LICENSED IN OTHER...

Section 115.007. No Effect on Credentialing and Privileging - Sec. 115.007. NO EFFECT ON CREDENTIALING AND PRIVILEGING. (a) In...

Section 115.008. Provision of Volunteer Health or Veterinary Services; Administrative Sanctions - Sec. 115.008. PROVISION OF VOLUNTEER HEALTH OR VETERINARY SERVICES; ADMINISTRATIVE...

Section 115.009. Relation to Other Laws - Sec. 115.009. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS. (a) This chapter does...

Section 115.010. Regulatory Authority - Sec. 115.010. REGULATORY AUTHORITY. The division may adopt rules to...

Section 115.011. Limitations on Civil Liability for Volunteer Health Practitioners - Sec. 115.011. LIMITATIONS ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR VOLUNTEER HEALTH PRACTITIONERS....

Chapter 116 - Training Course on Human Trafficking Prevention

Section 116.001. Definitions - Sec. 116.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the...

Section 116.002. Required Training Course on Human Trafficking Prevention for Certain Health Care Providers - Sec. 116.002. REQUIRED TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION FOR...

Section 116.003. Training Required for License Renewal - Sec. 116.003. TRAINING REQUIRED FOR LICENSE RENEWAL. A health care...

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Texas Statutes Title 3 - Health Professions Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally

Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle A - Provisions Applying to Health Professions Generally