Title OC, Occupations Code

Sec. 204.254. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION. A complaint, adverse report, investigation file, other report, or other investigative information in the possession of or received or gathered by the physician assistant board or a board employee or agent relating to a l…

Sec. 204.255. PERMITTED DISCLOSURE OF INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION. (a) Investigative information in the possession of a physician assistant board employee or agent that relates to the discipline of a license holder may be disclosed to: (1) a licensing authority in another state or …

Sec. 204.301. DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY OF BOARD. (a) Except as provided by Section 204.305, on a determination that an applicant or license holder committed an act described in Section 204.302, 204.303, or 204.304, the physician assistant board by order shall take any of the follow…

Sec. 204.3011. DELEGATION OF CERTAIN COMPLAINT DISPOSITIONS. (a) The physician assistant board may delegate to a committee of medical board employees the authority to dismiss or enter into an agreed settlement of a complaint that does not relate directly to patient care or that i…

Sec. 204.302. CONDUCT RELATED TO FRAUD OR MISREPRESENTATION. The physician assistant board may take action under Section 204.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license; (2) fraudulently or deceptively us…

Sec. 204.303. CONDUCT RELATED TO VIOLATION OF LAW. (a) The physician assistant board may take action under Section 204.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; (2) is convicted of a felony, placed on deferred …

Sec. 204.304. CONDUCT INDICATING LACK OF FITNESS. (a) The physician assistant board may take action under Section 204.301 against an applicant or license holder who: (1) habitually uses drugs or intoxicating liquors to the extent that, in the board's opinion, the person cannot sa…

Sec. 204.3045. PHYSICAL OR MENTAL EXAMINATION. (a) The physician assistant board shall adopt guidelines, in conjunction with persons interested in or affected by this section, to enable the physician assistant board to evaluate circumstances in which a physician assistant or appl…

Sec. 204.308. SUBPOENA. (a) The executive director or the secretary-treasurer of the medical board may issue a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum for the physician assistant board to: (1) conduct an investigation or a contested proceeding related to: (A) alleged misconduct by a phy…

Sec. 204.309. PROTECTION OF PATIENT IDENTITY. In a disciplinary investigation or proceeding conducted under this chapter, the physician assistant board shall protect the identity of each patient whose medical records are examined and used in a public proceeding unless the patient…

Sec. 204.310. REQUIRED SUSPENSION OF LICENSE OF INCARCERATED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. Regardless of the offense, the physician assistant board shall suspend the license of a physician assistant serving a prison term in a state or federal penitentiary during the term of the incarcerat…

Sec. 204.311. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION. (a) The presiding officer of the physician assistant board, with board approval, shall appoint a three-member disciplinary panel consisting of board members to determine whether a person's license to practice as a physician assistant should be …

Sec. 204.312. INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS. (a) The physician assistant 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 …

Sec. 204.313. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT BOARD REPRESENTATION IN INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS. (a) In an informal meeting under Section 204.312, at least two panelists shall be appointed to determine whether an informal disposition is appropriate. At least one of the panelists must be a license…

Sec. 204.314. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS IN INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS. (a) A physician assistant board member that serves as a panelist at an informal meeting under Section 204.312 shall make recommendations for the disposition of a complaint or allegation. The member …

Sec. 204.3145. LIMIT ON ACCESS TO INVESTIGATION FILES. The physician assistant board shall prohibit or limit access to an investigation file relating to a license holder in an informal proceeding in the manner provided by Section 164.007(c). Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269…

Sec. 204.315. SURRENDER OF LICENSE. (a) The physician assistant board may accept the voluntary surrender of a license. (b) A surrendered license may not be returned to the license holder unless the physician assistant board determines, under physician assistant board rules, that …

Sec. 204.316. REFUND. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the physician assistant 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…

Sec. 204.317. MODIFICATION OF FINDINGS OR RULINGS BY ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE. The physician assistant board may change a finding of fact or conclusion of law or vacate or modify an order of an administrative law judge only if the physician assistant board makes a determination r…

Sec. 204.318. EXPERT IMMUNITY. An expert who assists the physician assistant board is immune from suit and judgment and may not be subjected to a suit for damages for any investigation, report, recommendation, statement, evaluation, finding, or other action taken without fraud or…

Sec. 204.351. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The physician assistant board by order may impose an administrative penalty against a person licensed under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule or order adopted under this chapter. (b) The penalty may be in an amount not to e…

Sec. 204.352. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if, without holding a license issued under this chapter, the person: (1) holds the person out as a physician assistant; (2) uses any combination or abbreviation of the term "physician assistant" to indicate or imply …

Sec. 204.353. CEASE AND DESIST ORDER. (a) If it appears to the physician assistant board that a person who is not licensed under this chapter is violating this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or another state statute or rule relating to physician assistant practice, t…