Title OC, Occupations Code

Sec. 152.0041. RESTRICTION ON USE OF INFORMATION. A board member who is a physician or a physician acting as an agent of the board, including a member of an expert physician panel appointed under Section 154.056(e), may not use information to which the person has access solely by…

Sec. 152.005. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Members of the board serve staggered six-year terms. (b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 152.006. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 152.002; (2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section …

Sec. 152.007. PER DIEM. (a) Each board member is entitled to receive a per diem as set by legislative appropriation for each day that the member engages in the business of the board. (b) If the General Appropriations Act does not prescribe the amount of the per diem, the per diem…

Sec. 152.008. OFFICERS. Not later than December after each regular session of the legislature, the governor shall appoint from the members of the board a president, to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor, and the board shall elect from its members a vice presid…

Sec. 152.009. MEETINGS; QUORUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The board shall conduct regular meetings at least four times a year at the times and places the board considers most convenient for applicants and board members. (b) The board may hold special meetings in accordance with rules adop…

Sec. 152.010. TRAINING; GUIDELINES. (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the board until the person completes a training program that complies with this…

Sec. 152.051. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. (a) The board shall appoint an executive director. The executive director serves as the chief executive and administrative officer of the board. (b) The executive director serves at the pleasure of the board. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1…

Sec. 152.052. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POWERS AND DUTIES. The executive director shall administer and enforce this subtitle under the supervision and at the direction of the board. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 152.054. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER; MEDICAL DIRECTOR. (a) The executive director may employ a chief operating officer to: (1) administer, implement, and monitor systems and necessary measures to promote the quality and efficiency of board operations; and (2) perform other duti…

Sec. 152.055. PERSONNEL. (a) The board shall employ, compensate, and provide persons as determined necessary by the board to administer this subtitle, including administrators, clerks, employees, consultants, and professionals. (b) The board shall reimburse those persons for actu…

Sec. 152.056. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. The board shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policy-making responsibilities of the board and the management responsibilities of the executive director and the staff of the board. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388…

Sec. 152.057. QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF CONDUCT INFORMATION. The board shall provide, as often as necessary, to its members and employees information regarding their: (1) qualifications for office or employment under this subtitle; and (2) responsibilities under applicable …

Sec. 152.058. CAREER LADDER; ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS. (a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall develop an intra-agency career ladder program. The program must require intra-agency posting of all nonentry-level positions concurrently with any pu…

Sec. 152.059. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICY; REPORT. (a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to assure implementation of an equal employment opportunity program under which all personnel decisions…