Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 773.059. LATE RECERTIFICATION. (a) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a certificate may renew an unexpired certificate by paying the required renewal fee to the department before the expiration date of the certificate. A person whose certificate has expired may not …

Sec. 773.060. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. (a) The department shall account for all fees and other funds it receives under this chapter. (b) The department shall deposit the fees and other funds in the state treasury to the credit of the bureau of emergency management account in the gen…

Sec. 773.0605. COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. (a) The department shall track and keep records of: (1) each complaint received by the department regarding emergency medical services providers and emergency medical services personnel; (2) each investigation initiated by the departm…

Sec. 773.061. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. (a) For a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, the department shall revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license or certificate of or shall reprimand: (1) emergency medical services personnel; (2) a program instructo…

Sec. 773.0611. INSPECTIONS. (a) The department or its representative may enter an emergency medical services vehicle or the premises of an emergency medical services provider's place of business at reasonable times to ensure compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted unde…

Sec. 773.0612. ACCESS TO RECORDS. (a) The department or its representative is entitled to access to records and other documents maintained by a person that are directly related to patient care or to emergency medical services personnel to the extent necessary to enforce this chap…

Sec. 773.0613. INFORMATION REPORT TO DEPARTMENT. (a) An emergency medical services provider licensed under this chapter shall annually submit a report to the department containing information relating to the number and types of runs the emergency medical services provider makes. …

Sec. 773.0614. AUTHORITY TO REVOKE, SUSPEND, DISQUALIFY FOR, OR DENY CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL OFFENSES. (a) In addition to the grounds under Section 773.061, the department may suspend or revoke a certificate, disqualify a person …

Sec. 773.06141. SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR DENIAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER LICENSE. (a) The department may suspend, revoke, or deny an emergency medical services provider license on the grounds that the provider's administrator of record, employee, or other represen…

Sec. 773.0615. FACTORS CONSIDERED IN SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE. (a) In determining whether an offense directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of emergency medical services personnel under Section 773.0614(a), the department shall consider: (1) t…

Sec. 773.0616. PROCEEDINGS GOVERNED BY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT; GUIDELINES. (a) A proceeding to consider the issues under Section 773.0615 is governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code. (b) The executive commissioner shall issue guidelines relating to the department's decisio…

Sec. 773.0617. NOTICE AND REVIEW OF SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, DISQUALIFICATION FOR, OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATION. (a) If the department suspends or revokes a certification, denies a person a certificate, or denies the opportunity to be examined for a certificate under Section 773.061…

Sec. 773.062. EMERGENCY SUSPENSION. (a) The commissioner shall issue an emergency order to suspend a certificate or license issued under this chapter if the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of any certificate or license holder creates an imminent dang…

Sec. 773.063. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) The attorney general, a district attorney, or a county attorney may bring a civil action to compel compliance with this chapter or to enforce a rule adopted under this chapter. (b) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this ch…

Sec. 773.064. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly practices as, attempts to practice as, or represents himself to be an emergency medical technician-paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, emergency medical technician, emergency c…

Sec. 773.065. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The department may assess an administrative penalty against an emergency medical services provider or a course coordinator who violates this chapter or a rule adopted or an order issued under this chapter. (b) In determining the amount of…

Sec. 773.066. ASSESSMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) An administrative penalty may be assessed only after an emergency medical services provider or course coordinator charged with a violation is provided notice and given an opportunity to request a hearing. (b) If a hearing is…

Sec. 773.067. PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which an order charging the emergency medical services provider or course coordinator with a penalty is final as provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code, the person charged shall:…

Sec. 773.069. RECOVERY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. The attorney general at the request of the department may bring a civil action to recover an administrative penalty assessed under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, …

Sec. 773.070. DENIAL OF CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION. The department may deny licensure or certification to an applicant who does not provide a complete set of the required fingerprints to obtain criminal history re…

Sec. 773.071. FEES. (a) To the extent feasible, the executive commissioner by rule shall set the fees under this subchapter in amounts necessary for the department to recover the cost of administering this subchapter. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to fees for which Section 77…

Sec. 773.091. CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS. (a) A communication between certified emergency medical services personnel or a physician providing medical supervision and a patient that is made in the course of providing emergency medical services to the patient is confidential and p…

Sec. 773.092. EXCEPTIONS. (a) Exceptions to the confidentiality or privilege in court or administrative proceedings exist: (1) when proceedings are brought by the patient against emergency medical services personnel, a physician providing medical supervision, or an emergency medi…

Sec. 773.093. CONSENT. (a) Consent for the release of confidential information must be in writing and signed by the patient, a parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor, a legal guardian if the patient has been adjudicated incompetent to manage the patient's personal aff…

Sec. 773.094. INJUNCTION; DAMAGES. A person aggrieved by an unauthorized disclosure of communications or records that are confidential under this subchapter may petition the district court of the county in which the person resides or, in the case of a nonresident of the state, a …

Sec. 773.095. RECORDS AND PROCEEDINGS CONFIDENTIAL. (a) The proceedings and records of organized committees of hospitals, medical societies, emergency medical services providers, emergency medical services and trauma care systems, or first responder organizations relating to the …

Sec. 773.096. IMMUNITY FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. A member of an organized committee under Section 773.095 is not liable for damages to a person for an action taken or recommendation made within the scope of the functions of the committee if the committee member acts without malice a…

Sec. 773.111. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. (a) The legislature finds that death caused by injury is the leading cause of death for persons one through 44 years of age, and the third overall cause of death for all ages. Effective emergency medical services response and resuscitation syst…

Sec. 773.112. RULES. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt minimum standards and objectives to implement emergency medical services and trauma care systems. The executive commissioner by rule shall provide for the designation of trauma facilities and for triage, tran…

Sec. 773.113. DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT. (a) The department shall: (1) develop and monitor a statewide emergency medical services and trauma care system; (2) designate trauma facilities; (3) develop and maintain a trauma reporting and analysis system to: (A) identify severely injured …

Sec. 773.114. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each emergency medical services and trauma care system must have: (1) local or regional medical control for all field care and transportation, consistent with geographic and current communications capability; (2) triage, transport, and trans…

Sec. 773.1141. INFORMATION, GUIDELINES, AND PROTOCOLS RELATED TO CERTAIN PATIENT TRANSFERS AND RELATED SERVICES. (a) This section applies only to a trauma service area regional advisory council serving a geographic area that includes: (1) at least one county located on the intern…

Sec. 773.115. TRAUMA FACILITIES. (a) The department may designate trauma facilities that are a part of an emergency medical services and trauma care system. A trauma facility shall be designated by the level of trauma care and services provided in accordance with the American Col…

Sec. 773.1151. USE OF TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICE BY CERTAIN TRAUMA FACILITIES. (a) In this section, "telemedicine medical service" has the meaning assigned by Section 111.001, Occupations Code. (b) A health care facility located in a county with a population of less than 30,000…

Sec. 773.116. FEES. (a) The department shall charge a fee to a health care facility that applies for initial or continuing designation as a trauma facility. (b) The executive commissioner by rule shall set the amount of the fee schedule for initial or continuing designation as a …

Sec. 773.117. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION. (a) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a health care facility's designation as a trauma facility if the facility fails to comply with the rules adopted under this subchapter. (b) The denial, suspension, or r…

Sec. 773.119. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The department shall establish a program to award grants to initiate, expand, maintain, and improve emergency medical services and to support medical systems and facilities that provide trauma care. (b) The executive commissioner by rule shall est…

Sec. 773.120. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS. A trauma facility or an emergency medical services and trauma care system may accept gifts or other contributions for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 267, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Redesignated from Health …

Sec. 773.122. PAYMENTS FROM THE ACCOUNTS. (a) The commissioner, with advice and counsel from the chairpersons of the trauma service area regional advisory councils, shall use money in the accounts established under Sections 771.072(f) and 773.006 to fund county and regional emerg…

Sec. 773.123. CONTROL OF EXPENDITURES FROM ACCOUNTS. Money distributed from the accounts established under Sections 771.072(f) and 773.006 shall be used in accordance with Section 773.122 on the authorization of the executive committee of the trauma service area regional advisory…

Sec. 773.124. LOSS OF FUNDING ELIGIBILITY. For a period of not less than one year or more than three years, as determined by the department, the department may not disburse money under Section 773.122 to a trauma service area regional advisory council, county, municipality, or lo…

Sec. 773.141. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Emergency call" means a telephone call or other similar communication from a member of the public, as part of a 9-1-1 system or otherwise, made to obtain emergency medical services. (2) "Emergency medical services call taker" me…

Sec. 773.142. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter does not apply to a physician or other licensed person who may provide medical information under law. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1411, Sec. 19.10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 773.143. PROVISION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION. An emergency medical services call taker may provide medical information to a member of the public during an emergency call if: (1) the call taker has successfully completed an emergency medical services call taker training program …

Sec. 773.144. TRAINING PROGRAMS. (a) The department may offer emergency medical services call taker training programs and may approve training programs offered by other persons. The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for approval of training programs…

Sec. 773.145. MEDICAL INFORMATION. The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a protocol that must be used to provide medical information under Section 773.143. The protocol may include the use of a flash-card system or other similar system designed to make the information re…