By: Hartnett (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 732
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 18, 2009;
May 19, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 21, 2009, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of certain information from a physician's
medical board profile.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 154.006, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) In the annual update of a physician's profile under
Subsection (g), the board shall remove any record of a formal
complaint required under Subsection (b)(15) or (i) if the complaint
was dismissed more than five years before the date of the update and
the complaint was dismissed as baseless, unfounded, or not
supported by sufficient evidence that a violation occurred, or no
action was taken against the physician's license as a result of the
complaint. The board shall also remove any record of the
investigation of medical malpractice claims or complaints required
to be investigated by the board under Section 164.201 if the
investigation was resolved more than five years before the date of
the update and no action was taken against the physician's license
as a result of the investigation.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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