H.B. No. 732
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 732 was passed by the House on May 15,
2009, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 732 was passed by the Senate on May
27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor