Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 101A.253. Exceptional Circumstances Requiring Participation

(1) authorize the chief executive officer or an oversight committee member to propose granting a waiver by submitting to the oversight committee's presiding officer a written statement about the conflict of interest, the exceptional circumstance requiring the waiver, and any proposed limitations to the waiver;

(2) require a proposed waiver to be publicly reported at an oversight committee meeting;

(3) require a majority vote of the oversight committee members present and voting to grant a waiver;

(4) require any waiver granted to be included in the annual report required by Section 101A.053;  and

(5) require the institute to retain documentation of each waiver granted.