Title OC, Occupations Code

Sec. 164.003. INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS. (a) The board by rule shall adopt procedures governing: (1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and (2) informal proceedings held in compliance with Section 2001.054, Government Code. (b) Rules adop…

Sec. 164.0031. BOARD REPRESENTATION IN INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS. (a) In an informal meeting under Section 164.003 or an informal hearing under Section 164.103, at least two panelists shall be appointed to determine whether an informal disposition is appropriate. At least one of the p…

Sec. 164.0032. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS IN INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS. (a) A board member or district review committee member that serves as a panelist at an informal meeting under Section 164.003 shall make recommendations for the disposition of a complaint or allega…

Sec. 164.0035. DISMISSAL OF BASELESS COMPLAINT. If, during the 180-day period prescribed by Section 164.003(b)(1), the board determines that the complaint is a baseless or unfounded complaint, the board shall dismiss the complaint and include a statement in the records of the com…

Sec. 164.0036. NOTICE REGARDING CERTAIN COMPLAINTS. (a) If an informal meeting is not scheduled for a complaint before the 180th day after the date the board's official investigation of the complaint is commenced under Section 154.057(b), the board shall provide notice to all par…

Sec. 164.004. COMPLIANCE WITH DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS. (a) Except in the case of a suspension under Section 164.059 or under the terms of an agreement between the board and a license holder, a revocation, suspension, involuntary modification, or other disciplinary action relatin…

Sec. 164.005. INITIATION OF CHARGES; FORMAL COMPLAINT. (a) In this section, "formal complaint" means a written statement made by a credible person that is filed and presented by a board representative charging a person with having committed an act that, if proven, could affect th…

Sec. 164.006. SERVICE OF NOTICE. (a) Notice to the respondent of a hearing about the charges against the person must be served: (1) in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code; and (2) by certified mail. (b) If notice described by Subsection (a) is impossible or cannot be ef…

Sec. 164.007. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS; CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES. (a) The board by rule shall adopt procedures governing formal disposition of a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code. A formal hearing shall be conducted by an administrative law judge employed by the Sta…

Sec. 164.0071. HEARINGS ON CERTAIN COMPLAINTS. (a) In a formal hearing described by Section 164.007 in which the sole basis for disciplinary action is the basis described by Section 164.051(a)(7), the board shall provide evidence from the board's investigation that shows the basi…

Sec. 164.0072. BOARD APPEAL OF FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW. (a) The board may, before disposing of a contested case by issuing a final order, obtain judicial review of any finding of fact or conclusion of law issued by the administrative law judge by filing suit in a …

Sec. 164.008. RIGHT TO COUNSEL. In a hearing involving a disciplinary action under this subtitle, the respondent is entitled to appear personally, by counsel, or both. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 164.009. JUDICIAL REVIEW. A person whose license to practice medicine has been revoked or who is subject to other disciplinary action by the board may appeal to a Travis County district court not later than the 30th day after the date the board decision is final. Acts 1999, …

Sec. 164.010. MONITORING OF LICENSE HOLDER. (a) The board by rule shall develop a system to monitor compliance with the requirements of this subtitle of license holders who are the subject of disciplinary action. (b) Rules adopted under this section must include procedures to: (1…

Sec. 164.011. LICENSE STATUS PENDING APPEAL. (a) The board's decision on a disciplinary matter may not be enjoined or stayed except on application to the appropriate court after notice to the board. (b) A person may not practice medicine or deliver health care services in violati…

Sec. 164.051. GROUNDS FOR DENIAL OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) The board may refuse to admit a person to its examination or refuse to issue a license to practice medicine and may take disciplinary action against a person if the person: (1) commits an act prohibited under Section 16…

Sec. 164.052. PROHIBITED PRACTICES BY PHYSICIAN OR LICENSE APPLICANT. (a) A physician or an applicant for a license to practice medicine commits a prohibited practice if that person: (1) submits to the board a false or misleading statement, document, or certificate in an applicat…

Sec. 164.053. UNPROFESSIONAL OR DISHONORABLE CONDUCT. (a) For purposes of Section 164.052(a)(5), unprofessional or dishonorable conduct likely to deceive or defraud the public includes conduct in which a physician: (1) commits an act that violates any state or federal law if the …

Sec. 164.054. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS REGARDING DRUG RECORDS. (a) Each physician shall keep a record of the physician's purchase and disposal of drugs and controlled substances described by Section 164.053(a)(2) that includes: (1) the date of purchase and the date of the sale or …

Sec. 164.055. PROHIBITED ACTS REGARDING ABORTION. (a) The board shall take an appropriate disciplinary action against a physician who violates Section 170.002 or Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code. The board shall refuse to admit to examination or refuse to issue a license or re…

Sec. 164.0551. COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING SONOGRAM BEFORE ABORTION. A physician shall comply with Subchapter B, Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 73 (H.B. 15), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2011.

Sec. 164.0552. PROHIBITED ACTS REGARDING GENDER TRANSITIONING OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES AND TREATMENTS ON CERTAIN CHILDREN. (a) The board shall revoke the license or other authorization to practice medicine of a physician who violates Section 161.702, Health and Safety Co…

Sec. 164.056. PHYSICAL OR MENTAL EXAMINATION; HEARING. (a) In enforcing Section 164.051(a)(4), the board, on probable cause, shall request the affected physician or applicant to submit to a mental or physical examination by physicians designated by the board. The board shall adop…

Sec. 164.057. REQUIRED SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES. (a) The board shall suspend a physician's license on proof that the physician has been: (1) initially convicted of: (A) a felony; (B) a misdemeanor under Chapter 22, Penal Code, other than a misdemea…

Sec. 164.0571. REQUIRED REVOCATION OF LICENSE FOR PROCEDURE INVOLVING CERTAIN HUMAN ORGANS. The board shall revoke the license of a physician if the physician knowingly uses a human organ obtained in violation of Section 48.02, Penal Code, in a medical procedure. Added by Acts 20…

Sec. 164.058. REQUIRED SUSPENSION OF LICENSE OF INCARCERATED PHYSICIAN. Regardless of the offense, the board shall suspend the license of a physician serving a prison term in a state or federal penitentiary during the term of the incarceration. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec.…

Sec. 164.059. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OR RESTRICTION OF LICENSE. (a) The president of the board shall appoint a three-member disciplinary panel consisting of board members to determine whether a person's license to practice medicine should be temporarily suspended or restricted. (b)…

Sec. 164.0595. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OR RESTRICTION OF LICENSE FOR CERTAIN ARRESTS. (a) A disciplinary panel appointed under Section 164.059 may suspend or restrict the license of a person arrested for an offense under: (1) Chapter 19, Penal Code (criminal homicide); (2) Chapter 2…

Sec. 164.060. REPORT OF BOARD ACTIONS. (a) Not later than the first working day after the date a board order is issued taking disciplinary action against a physician, the board shall report the action to the appropriate health care facilities and hospitals, if known by the board.…

Sec. 164.061. SURRENDER OF LICENSE. (a) The board may accept the voluntary surrender of a license. (b) A surrendered license may not be returned unless the board determines, under board rules, that the license holder is competent to resume practice. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388,…

Sec. 164.101. PROBATION. (a) The board on majority vote may probate an order canceling, revoking, or suspending a license or imposing any other method of discipline if the probationer conforms to each order, condition, and rule the board establishes as a term of probation. (b) At…

Sec. 164.102. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR PROBATION. (a) The board may not grant probation to a physician who constitutes, through the practice of medicine, a continuing threat to the public welfare. (b) Except on an express determination, based on substantial evidence, that granting …

Sec. 164.103. RESCISSION OF PROBATION. (a) At any time during a probation term, on a showing of adequate grounds, the board may hold a hearing and, on proof of a violation of the probation order, may: (1) rescind the probation and enforce the board's original order; and (2) impos…

Sec. 164.151. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE REINSTATEMENT. (a) On application, the board may reissue a license to practice medicine to a person whose license has been canceled, revoked, or suspended. (b) The application must be: (1) accompanied by the fees set by the board; and (2) mad…

Sec. 164.152. APPLICATION PERIOD. (a) A person may not apply for reinstatement of a license that was revoked before the first anniversary of the date on which the revocation was issued or became final. (b) If the board denies the application for reinstatement, the applicant may n…

Sec. 164.153. CERTAIN PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR REINSTATEMENT. Except on an express determination based on substantial evidence contained in an investigative report indicating that reinstatement or reissue of the license is in the best interests of the public and of the person whose…

Sec. 164.154. EFFECT OF LICENSE REINSTATEMENT ON CERTAIN PROSECUTIONS OR PENALTIES. If a physician has had charges filed against the physician during a period in which the physician's license was not in force or was suspended, revoked, or canceled, or if penalties have been incur…

Sec. 164.201. REVIEW BY BOARD IF THREE OR MORE MALPRACTICE CLAIMS. The board shall review the medical competency of a physician against whom three or more expert reports under Section 74.351, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, have been filed in three separate lawsuits within a fi…

Sec. 164.206. REFUND. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the board may order a license holder to pay a refund to a consumer as provided in an agreement resulting from an informal settlement conference instead of or in addition to imposing an administrative penalty under Chapter 165. …